 Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can pay to divine liberality. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
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| True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| We may expect answers to prayer, and should not be easy without them any more than we should be if we had written a letter to a friend upon important business, and had received no reply. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Exposition of Psalm 27. |
| We shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. Author: Josh McDowell |
| Often it is hard. So hard, in fact, that Jesus' decree to love and pray for our opponents is regarded as one of the most breathtaking and gut-wrenching challenges of his entire Sermon on the Mount, a speech renowned for its outrageous claims. There was no record of any other spiritual leader ever having articulated such a clear-cut, unambiguous command for people to express compassion to those who are actively working against their best interests. Author: Lee Strobel |
