O then, for what should my soul more pray, than for a clearer and stronger faith? ‘I believe; Lord, help my unbelief!’ I have many thousand times groaned to thee under this burden of remaining darkness and unbelief; I have many thousand times thought of the evidences of Christianity, and of the necessity of a lively, powerful, active faith. I have cried to thee night and day, ‘Lord, increase my faith!’
– Richard Baxter –
from Dying Thoughts, 34
Be frequent in closet prayer, and not now and then only. He will never have a yearning for closet prayer who is not frequent in closet prayer.
– Thomas Brooks –
from The Secret Key To Heaven, 183
O brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper – and sleep too – than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber.
– Andrew Bonar –
is the very highest energy of which the human mind is capable; praying, that is, with the total concentration of the faculties. The great mass of worldly men and of learned men are absolutely incapable of prayer
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge –
Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it
– Corrie ten Boom –
We know the utility of prayer from the efforts of the wicked spirits to distract us during the divine office; and we experience the fruit of prayer in the defeat of our enemies
– John Climacus –
What a privilege it is for me to meet in prayer with the One who has redeemed me.
– Andrew Murray –
Real faith is manifested by prayer.
– George Müller –
from The Autobiography of George Muller
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
– John Bunyan –