 I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working. Author: Hudson Taylor |
| Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life. Author: J.C. Ryle |
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| No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart. Author: J.C. Ryle |
| Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do. Author: J.I. Packer |
| Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them. Author: J.I. Packer |
| Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
