regularly updated list of statements/quotes/illustrations around the importance and significance of prayer.
D.L. Moody once said: Every move of God can be traced back to a kneeling figure. (picked up form Joel Virgo)
Arthur Wallis: any move of God will last as long as the Spirit of prayer that inspired it.
A Christian sees more on his knees than a philosopher does on his tip toes.
D.L. Moody once said: Every move of God can be traced back to a kneeling figure. (picked up form Joel Virgo)
Arthur Wallis: any move of God will last as long as the Spirit of prayer that inspired it.
A Christian sees more on his knees than a philosopher does on his tip toes.
All hell is vanquished when the believer bows his knee in importunate supplication, Beloved brethren, let us pray. We cannot all argue, but we can all pray; we cannot all be leaders but we can all be pleaders; we cannot all be mighty in rhetoric, but we can all be prevalent in prayer.I would rather see you eloquent with God than with men. Prayer links us with the eternal, the omnipotent, the infinite, and hence it is our chief resort... be sure you are with God. Charles SpurgeonAnd another Spurgeon quote:
If we were not constrained to pray, I question whether we could even live as Christians. If God's mercies came to us unasked, they would not be half as useful as they are no when they have to be sought for. Now we get a double blessing - the blessing in the obtaining and the blessing in the seeking. To pray is to bathe in a cool swirling stream to escape the summer sun. To pray is to mount on eagle's wings above the clouds and get into clear heaven where God dwells. To pray is to enter the treasure house of God. To pray is to grasp heaven in one's arms, to embrace deity with one's soul, and to feel one's body made a temple of the Holy Spirit. To pray is to cast our burdens, to tear away our rags, to be filled with spiritual vigour, to reach the highest point of Christian health.
Paul Miller from his book 'A praying life':
A needy heart is a praying heart. Dependency is the heartbeat of prayer.
Learning to pray doesn't offer you a less busy life; it offers you a less busy heart.‘It is impossible to be passionate about prayer, if you’re not already passionate about him.’ J Mandryk
Joseph Alleine (1634-1668) arose at four o clock for his business of praying until eight. If he heard other tradesman playing their business before he was up, he would exclaim, ‘O how this shames me! Does not my master deserve more than theirs?’
'Prayer is an act of faith. It is trusting for the impossible from the invisible.' Steve Alliston
DA Carson: ‘much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self consciously set asked time to do nothing but pray.'
Joseph Mwila: ‘you can read a lot of books about prayer, but you will only learn to pray by praying.'