Prayer

"When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words than thy words be without heart." - John Bunyan

"There is no myth, no imagination about it; God does hear when we speak to him; God does answer us." - Amy Carmichael

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" - Corrie Ten Boom

"Some men will spin out a long prayer telling God who and what He is, or they pray out a whole system of divinity. Some people preach, others exhort the people, till everybody wishes they would stop and God wishes so, too, most undoubtedly." - Charles Finney

"You are coming to a King, Large petitions with you bring for his grace and power are such none can ever ask too much." - John Newton

"We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer. History, as manifested in Christ Jesus, demands it." - Charles H. Spurgeon

"I wonder how many of us ever study the fine art of praying, or do we just get up and start, go nowhere, and get nowhere. We should give careful thought to our praying." - J. Frank Norris

"There are some things that ought to be in every prayer, three things. First there should be praise. Second after the note of praise, then there should be penitence or confession of our sins. Third and then after we have given praise, and our confession, then petition. Praise! Penitence! Petition!" - J. Frank Norris

"I believe that all you have to do to get a prayer answered it to pray something in the will of God and pray it with the right motive and pray it with the right heart." - Tom Malone

"Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness." - William Carey

"Prayer is not learned in the classroom, but in the closet." - E.M. Bounds

"What the Church needs today is not more or better machinery, not new organizations or more and novel methods. She needs men whom the Holy Spirit can use - men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Spirit does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not anoint plans, but men - men of prayer!" - E.M. Bounds

"So we come to one of the crying evils of these times, maybe of all times - little or no praying. Of these two evils, perhaps little praying is worse than no praying. Little praying is a kind of make-believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion." - E.M. Bounds

"The little regard we give prayer is evident from the little time we spend in it." - E.M. Bounds

"I ought to pray before seeing anyone. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. This is a wretched system. It is unscriptural. Christ arose before day and went into a solitary place. David says: 'Early will I seek Thee'; 'Thou shalt early hear my voice.' Family prayer loses much of its power and sweetness, and I can do no good to those who come to seek from me. My conscience feels guilty, my soul unfed, my lamp not trimmed. Then, when in secret prayer, the soul is often out of tune. I feel it is far better to begin with God - to see His face first - to get my soul near Him before it is near another." - Robert Murray McCheyne

"Units of prayer combined, like drops of water, make an ocean which defies resistance. So Paul, with his clear and full understanding of spiritual dynamics, decided to make his ministry as impressive, eternal, and irresistible as the ocean by gathering all the scattered units of prayer and precipitating them on his ministry." - E.M. Bounds

"To pray is the greatest thing we can do; and to do it well there must be calmness, time, and deliberation. Otherwise it is degraded into the smallest and meanest of things. True praying has the largest results for good; and poor praying, the least. We cannot do too much real praying; we cannot do too little of the imitation. We must learn anew the worth of prayer - enter anew the school of prayer." - E.M. Bounds

Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience. – A.W. Tozer

"Nothing lies beyond the range of prayer except that which is outside the will of God." - Bernie Smith

“A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.” - Unknown

“The prayers a man lives on his feet are just as important as those he says on his knees.”

Prayer

· I love to talk with Jesus,

· Commune with Him each day.

· How light then seems the burden,

· And glorious the way!

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· When storm clouds round me gather,

· And no one seems to care,

· What precious peace and comfort

· I find in secret prayer!

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· I love to talk with Jesus,

· A privilege so rare.

· How wonderful to have a God

· That hears and answers prayer!

PRAY!

Pray in the early morning

For grace throughout the day;

We know not what temptations

And trials may cross our way.

Pray in the gladsome noontide,

When the day is at its best;

Pray when the night o’ertakes thee

To Him who giveth rest.

Pray in the silent midnight,

If wakeful hours be thine;

Pray for a heart submissive,

That never will repine.

Pray in the hour of sorrow,

Pray in the hour of grief;

In coming to the Father,

Thy soul shall find relief.

Pray when the sun shines brightest,

Thy path with roses strewn;

Pray that thy heart be ever

With the Saviour’s kept in tune.

Pray when the dark day cometh,

And clouds hang overhead;

In the secret of His presence

Thy soul have nought to dread.

Pray for the Father’s guidance

In all thy works and ways,

So shall thy days be fruitful,

Thy life be full of praise.

Living in touch with Jesus,

Keeping our own hearts right,

Others will be attracted

From darkness into light.

Mrs. Major Arnold