Prayer

Pray Often – John Bunyan

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

– John Bunyan –

Giving the Best Hours – Leslie Ludy

Only when we are willing to give the best hours of our day – rather than whatever is left after we’ve wasted most of our time on selfish pleasures – we will truly experience the vibrant intimacy with our Heavenly King.

– Leslie Ludy –

God Is Looking For Better Men – EM Bounds

The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men … Men of prayer.

– EM Bounds –

Shake the Tree of Life – Charles Spurgeon

If you do not seem to get the fruit from this Tree by faith, shake it by prayer. “Oh!” you say, “I have been praying.” Yes, but a tree does not always drop its fruit at the first shake you give it. Shake it again, and then give it another shake! Sometimes, when the tree is loaded and is pretty firm in the earth, you have to shake it to and fro, and finally you have to plant your feet, get a firm hold of it, and shake it with all your might, until you strain every muscle and sinew, in order to get the fruit down. And that is the way to pray. Shake the Tree of Life until mercy drops into your lap.

– Charles Spurgeon –
from his book God Loves You

Prayer is a Connection – Austen Phelps

Prayer is, and God has purposed that it should be, a link of connection between human mind and Divine mind, by which, through His infinite condescension, we may actually move His will.

– Austen Phelps –
from his book The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer, 1859

Expect Prayer to Achieve Something – Austen Phelps

Prayer is, and God has decreed that it should be, a power in the universe, as distinct, as real, as natural, and as uniform, as the power of gravitation, or of light, or of electricity. A man may use it, as trustingly and as soberly as he would use either of these. It is as truly the dictate of good sense, that a man should expect to achieve something by praying, as it is that he should expect to achieve something by a telescope, or the mariner’s compass, or the electric telegraph.

– Austen Phelps –
from his book The Still Hour: Communion with God in Prayer, 1859