Beware of prayerless tears and beware of tearless prayers.
– Unknown –
Prayer
Don’t Let Your Words Be Without Heart – John Bunyan
When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words, than thy words without a heart.
– John Bunyan –
Early On Our Knees – EM Bounds
The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking him the rest of the day
– EM Bounds –
The Essential Element of Prayer – EM Bounds
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God’s footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point where we ought to begin. We let go at the very point where we should hold on strongest. Our prayers are weak because they are not impassioned by an unfailing and resistless will
– EM Bounds –
Prayer Can Only Teach The Heart To Preach – EM Bounds
In the school of prayer only can the heart learn to preach. No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
– EM Bounds –
Who A Spiritual Desire Belongs To – EM Bounds
Spiritual desires belong to a soul made alive to God. As the renewed soul hungers and thirst after righteousness, these holy, inward desires break out into earnest, petition prayer
– EM Bounds –
The Devil Knows Where We Get Strength – Richard Sibbes
When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore opposeth us all he can.
– Richard Sibbes –
The Man God Needs – EM Bounds
It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God – men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.
– EM Bounds –
Be A Man Of Prayer – Henry Martyn
Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. oh, that I may be a man of prayer!
– Henry Martyn –