 Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
| Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
| Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
| The true spirit of prayer is no other than God's own Spirit dwelling in the hearts of the saints. And as this spirit comes from God, so doth it naturally tend to God in holy breathings and pantings. It naturally leads to God, to converse with him by prayer. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
| Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask. Author: Joseph Hall |
| This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer-meeting. If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
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| A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along with tears. Can one be moved with compassion and not know tears? Jeremiah was a sobbing saint. Jesus wept! So did Paul. So did John. Though there are some tearful intercessors behind the scenes, I grant you that to our modern Christianity, praying is foreign. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. Author: Martin Luther |
