E.M. Bounds is right in saying that short, powerful public prayers are the outcome of long, secret intercession.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Prayer
Secret of Praying – Leonard Ravenhill
The secret of praying is praying in secret.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
Freedom to pray – John Calvin
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us—as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
– John Calvin –
Prayerless, Christless Soul – Charles Spurgeon
A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Prayer yields more than work – Andrew Murray
Time spent in prayer will yield more than that given to work. Prayer alone gives work its worth and its success. Prayer opens the way for God Himself to do His work in us and through us. Let our chief work, as God’s messengers, be intercession; in it, we secure the presence and power of God to go with us.
– Andrew Murray –
from The Ministry of Intercession
A God who hears – Charles Spurgeon
It is enough for a praying heart that it has a hearing God.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Abusing this world – Robert Murray McCheyne
“The form of this world is passing away”
1 Corinthians 7:31
Brethren, if you are ever so deeply taken up with any enjoyment that it takes away your love for prayer or for your Bible, or that it would frighten you to hear the cry, “The bridegroom comes” and you’d reply, “Has He come already?” then you are abusing this world.
– Robert Murray McCheyne –
Victory over all circumstances – Eric Liddell
Victory over all the circumstances of life comes not by might, nor by power, but by a practical confidence in God and by allowing His Spirit to dwell in our hearts and control our actions and emotions. Learn in the days of ease and comfort, to think in terms of the prayer that follows, so that when the days of hardship come you will be fully prepared and equipped to meet them.
– Eric Liddell –
Power of Prayer – Charles Spurgeon
The power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray, he can do anything.
– Charles Spurgeon –