If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.
– EM Bounds –
(1835-1913)
Prayer
Shaped By Prayer – EM Bounds
Everywhere in His Word, God’s actions and attitude are shaped by prayer. To quote all the scriptural passages that prove the immediate, direct, and personal relation of prayer to God would be to transfer whole pages of the Scripture to this study.
– EM Bounds –
The Daily Business of a Christian – Martin Luther
As a shoe maker makes a shoe, or a tailor makes a coat, so ought a Christian to pray. Prayer is the daily business of a Christian.
– Martin Luther –
We Are Not Reckless in Our Confidence in God – Oswald Chambers
So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God.
– Oswald Chambers –
The Most Important Time in My Day – Andrew Murray
The most important and profitable time of my whole day is the time I spend with God.
– Andrew Murray –
from 199 Treasures of Wisdom on Talking with God:
Compiled from the Writings of Andrew Murray
Prayer is the Greatest Force in the Universe – FJ Huegel
It has often been said that prayer is the greatest force in the universe. This is no exaggeration. It will bear constant repetition. In this atomic age when forces are being released that stagger the thought and imagination of man, it is well to remember that prayer transcends all other forces.
– FJ Huegel –
Such Prayers Prevailed with God – Charles Finney
I have never known a person sweat blood; but I have known a person pray till the blood started from his nose. And I have known persons to pray till they were all wet with perspiration, in the coldest weather in winter. I have known persons pray for hours, till their strength was all exhausted with the agony of their minds. Such prayers prevailed with God.
– Charles G. Finney –
Thomas Watson on Prayer
Christ was in an agony at prayer (Luke 22: 44). Many when they pray are rather in a lethargy, than in an agony. When they are about the world they are all fire; when they are at prayer, they are all Ice.
– Thomas Watson –
The Field of Prayer – JH Jowett
It is in the field of prayer that life’s critical battles are lost or won.
– JH Jowett –