October 2010
15 posts
“None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but...”
– Martin Luther
“Prayer honors God; it dishonors self. It is man’s plea of weakness,...”
– E.M. Bounds (The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer)
“The purpose of prayer is not to get man’s will done in heaven, but to get...”
– Phillip Brooks
“Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.”
– Isaiah 65:24
“When a person is born from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and...”
– Oswald Chambers
“The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into...”
– Andrew Murray
“Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy Kingdom come,” we must be willing to...”
– Alan Redpath
“There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to...”
– O. Hallesby
“Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.”
– George Meredith
“When you are unwell, you must cough, sneeze, and ache prayer.”
– Carrie Latet
“Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer.”
– Terri Guillemets
“When we pray for the Spirit’s help … we will simply fall down at the...”
– Andrew Murray
“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.”
– Oswald Chambers (via myprayerpartner)
“Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus,...”
– Andrew Murray (via myprayerpartner)
“We must move from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our...”
– Margaret Gibb (via myprayerpartner)
“Let it be your business every day, in the secrecy of the inner chamber, to meet...”
– Andrew Murray
September 2010
14 posts
“Be still, my soul; the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief...”
– “Be Still, My Soul” by Catharina von Schlegel, 1697-? Translated by Jane Borthwick, 1813-1897
“Jesus, King of angels, heaven’s light,
Shine Your face upon this house...”
– Fernando Ortega \ Jesus King Of Angels
“Come to us in the experience of inner power. We ask not for easy lives, but for...”
– Harry Emerson Fosdick
“O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us;
inspire all our thoughts;
pervade our...”
– Unknown
“Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work...”
– Ephesians 3:20-21 (AMP)
“As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.”
– Bumper Sticker
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me,...”
– 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and...”
– Philippians 1: 9-11
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through...”
– Ephesians 3:16-19
“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may...”
– Ephesians 1:18-19
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may...”
– Ephesians 1:17
“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and...”
– 1 Timothy 2:1-8
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have...”
– John 14:12 (NLT)
July 2010
1 post
“Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut...”
– Andrew Murray
May 2010
5 posts
“For a man, the best way to truly know God intimately is through prayer … I...”
– Coach Bill McCartney (founder of Promise Keepers)
“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let...”
– James 5:14
“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing...”
– James 5:13
“Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest.”
– Matthew 9:38
“Evening and morning and noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my...”
– Psalm 55:17
February 2010
5 posts
“Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a...”
– E.M. Bounds
“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a...”
– Robert Murray McCheyne
“Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect...”
– Andrew A. Bonar
“He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy...”
– William Law
“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from...”
– John Bunyon
January 2010
13 posts
“No learning can make up for the failure to pray.
No earnestness, no diligence,...”
– E.M. Bounds
“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of...”
– Brother Lawrence
“The men who have done most for God in this world have been early on their knees....”
– E.M. Bounds
“Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater...”
– E.M. Bounds
“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and...”
– Corrie ten Boom
Regarding Persevering In Prayer
I look at a stone cutter hammering away at a rock a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two. I know it was not the one blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
[See the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18, a parable Jesus told his disciples to show them that they should always pray and not give up.]
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John Baillie's Prayer. What Do You Think?
Holy God, to whose service I long ago dedicated my soul and life, I grieve and lament before thee that I am still so prone to sin and so little inclined to obedience;
So much attached to the pleasure of sense, so negligent of things spiritual:
So prompt to gratify my body, so slow to nourish my soul:
So greedy for present delight, so indifferent to lasting blessedness:
So fond of idleness, so...
“For He will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to...”
“You will pray to Him and He will hear you …”
– Job 22:27
“… How gracious He will be when you cry for help! As soon as He hears, He...”
– Isaiah 30:19