Faith & Trust
Prayer freshens the heart of the preacher, keeps it in tune with God and in sympathy with the people, lifts his ministry out of the chilly air of a profession, fructifies routine and moves every wheel with the facility and power of a divine unction. The praying which makes a prayerful ministry is not a little praying put in as we put flavor to give it a pleasant smack, but the praying must be in the body, and form the blood and bones.
God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless.
Prayer fills man’s emptiness with God’s fullness.
Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. Prayer and devotion are united as soul and body are united, as life and the heart are united.
It is heaven’s distillation in answer to prayer.
Prayer, much prayer, is the price of preaching unction.
The space occupied by prayer in the Sermon on the Mount bespeaks its estimate by Christ and the importance it holds in His system.
The real sermon is made in the closet.
Nothing is more conspicuous in the life of our Lord than prayer.
Prayer, to the preacher, is not simply the duty of his profession, a privilege, but it is a necessity. Air is not more necessary to the lungs than prayer is to the preacher. It is absolutely necessary for the preacher to pray.
Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
Prayer to God the noblest exercise, the loftiest effort of man, the most real thing!
Much time spent with God is the secret of all successful praying. Prayer which is felt as a mighty force is the mediate or immediate product of much time spent with God. Our short prayers owe their point and efficiency to the long ones that have preceded them.
Prayer takes in man in his whole being, mind, soul and body.
Prayer reaches back to the first ages of man on earth.
Prayer is no fitful, shortlived thing. It is a voice which goes into God’s ear.
Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, the third thing necessary to a minister.
Importunity is of the essence of successful prayer.
Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion.
Prayer is a solemn service due to God, an adoration, a worship, an approach to God for some request.
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