Therefore, the blessed Holy Spirit could write the life of Elijah in two words: “He prayed.”
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Prayer
Prayer and sin can’t coexist – JC Ryle
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
– JC Ryle –
Hindrance in Prayer – Charles Spurgeon
Satan is sure to try to hinder us when we are earnest in prayer.
– Charles Spurgeon –
When God is about to do a great work – Jonathan Edwards
When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
– Jonathan Edwards –
Wrestling in Prevailing Prayer – Vance Havner
It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.
– Vance Havner –
Prayer – William Law
Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.
– William Law –
Desperate times demand desperate prayer – Chuck Smith
Today, we are living in desperate times. Yet, the Church is not desperate before God in prayer.
– Chuck Smith –
Our prayer is His delight – JC Ryle
There was an officer in the city of Rome who was appointed to have his doors always open, in order to receive any Roman citizen who applied to him for help. Just so the ear of the Lord Jesus is ever open to the cry of all who want mercy and grace. It is His office to help them. Their prayer is His delight. Think of this. Is not this encouragement?
– JC Ryle –
from A Call to Prayer
Jealously Protecting the Church – AW Tozer
The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.
– AW Tozer –