I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer.
The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
It is well said that neglected prayer is the birthplace of all evil.
Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are so, how abundantly God blesses them and how the church prospers!
Oh, without prayer what are the church's agencies, but the stretching out of a dead man's arm, or the lifting up of the lid of a blind man's eye? Only when the Holy Spirit comes is there any life and force and power.
Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.
Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.
Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.
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.
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.
Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.
Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees.
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.
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.
