The one thing that is said to have surprised God is that the voice of intercession had ceased. “And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor” (Isaiah 59:16).
– Samuel Chadwick –
Prayer
To Pray Is To Mount On Eagle’s Wings – Charles Spurgeon
To pray is to mount on eagle’s wings above the clouds and get into the clear heaven where God dwelleth.
– Charles Spurgeon –
The Prayers of the Righteous – Thomas Lye
I had rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous.
– Thomas Lye –
Mighty in Word, Mighty in Prayer – William Gurnall
The mightier any is in the Word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.
– William Gurnall –
Jesus Set Us An Example – Matthew Henry
Though he had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.
– Matthew Henry –
True Prayer Must Be Aflame – EM Bounds
Love is kindled in a flame, and ardency is its life. Flame is the air which true Christian experience breathes. It feeds on fire … True prayer MUST be aflame.
– EM Bounds –
Prayer With Power That Never Tiers – EM Bounds
He prays not at all who does not press his plea. Our praying needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage that never fails.
– EM Bounds –
All Who Call On God – Martin Luther
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
– Martin Luther –
The Backwards Reality of the Gospel – AW Tozer
A real Christian is an odd number, anyway. He feels supreme love for the One whom he has never seen; talks with familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see; expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another; empties himself in order to be full; admits he is wrong so he can be declared right; goes down in order to get up; is strongest when he is weakest; richest when he is poorest and happiest when he feels the worst. He dies so he can live; forsakes in order to have; gives away so he can keep; sees the invisible; hears the inaudible’ and knows that which passeth understanding.
– AW Tozer –