Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.
– Martin Luther –
Prayer
Chesterton on Grace and Prayer
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
– GK Chesterton –
Study vs Prayer – Leonard Ravenhill
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
The Little Time We Give Prayer – EM Bounds
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
– EM Bounds –
Talking to God for Men – EM Bounds
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
– EM Bounds –
When Alone with God, Be Alone – Samuel Chadwick
When alone with God, be alone with Him.
– Samuel Chadwick –
from The Path Of Prayer
Careful, Prayerful, and Thankful – DL Moody
Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.
– DL Moody –
Leap in Both Prayer and Praise – Charles Spurgeon
There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.
– Charles Spurgeon –
God Answers Desperate Prayers – Leonard Ravenhill
Does God answer prayers? No! God answers desperate prayers!
– Leonard Ravenhill –