Every Minister ought to know that if the prayer meetings are neglected, all his labors are in vain.
– Charles Finney –
Prayer
Revival of Real Praying – EM Bounds
A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
– EM Bounds –
Speak with Heart – JC Ryle
Words said without heart are as utterly useless to our souls as the drumbeating of the poor heathen before their idols. Where there is no heart, there may be lip-work and tongue-work, but there is nothing that God listens to; there is no prayer. Saul, I have no doubt, said many a long prayer before the Lord met him on the way to Damascus. But it was not till his heart was broken that the Lord said, “He prayeth.”
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
A Hot Iron – John Flavel
A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper.
– John Flavel –
I Have Best Learned on My Knees – John Bunyan
The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
– John Bunyan –
God Give Me Humility, Zeal, Love, and Focus – George Whitefield
God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst.
– George Whitefield –
Endeavor to Live as You Pray – John Owen
He who prays as he ought will endeavour to live as he prays.
– John Owen –
Missionary Work on Our Knees – JO Fraser
Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.
– JO Fraser –
Prayer is the Power of the Church – N. Murray
Prayer is the power of the Church; and could I speak as loud as the trumpet which is to wake the dead, I would thus call upon the Church, in all branches and in all lands: “Awake! awake! put on thy strength, 0 Zion! put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” Patriarchs, prophets, apostles. martyrs, reformers, were mighty in prayer.
– Dr. N. Murray –