GREAT Prayer Quotes! 2-28-07

Posted: 2007-01-31 11:47:16

PRAYER (we need to be close to God)     2-28-07     compiled by Andrew Strom

“Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word.  If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from you ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.”  Robert Murray McCheyne

“Before a word of petition is offered, we should have the definite and vivid consciousness that we are talking to God and should believe that He is listening…We should look to the Holy Spirit to lead us into the presence of God and should not be hasty in words until He has actually brought us there.”  R.A. Torrey

“O Brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast and lose breakfast, dinner, tea and supper—and sleep too—than not pray.  And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest.  The Lord is near.  He comes softly while the virgins slumber.”  Andrew Bonar

“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying.  He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.”  Samuel Chadwick

“The coming revival must begin with a great revival of prayer.  It is in the closet, with the door shut, that the sound of abundance of rain will first be heard.”  Andrew Murray

“Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.”  Thomas Hooker, Puritan

“True prayer is a lonely business.”  Samuel Chadwick

“O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.”  Andrew Murray

“Prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Spirit can teach us.  He is the giver of all prayer.  Pray for prayer.  Pray till you can pray.”  Charles H. Spurgeon

“The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan.  The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic séance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint.  No wonder Satan likes to keep our minds fussy (or fuzzy) in active work till we cannot think (right) in prayer.”  Oswald Chambers

Prayer is not getting things from God (or even getting things done for God) that is the most initial; prayer is really getting into perfect communion with God.”  Oswald Chambers

“Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures the mind of God.  Its purpose is to accomplish God’s will on the earth.  Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won.”  Wesley L. Duewel

“Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time.”  Wesley L. Duewel

“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.”  Jonathan Edwards

“I am perfectly confident that the man who does not spend hours alone with God will never know the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  The world must be left outside until God alone fills (your) vision….God has promised to answer prayer.  It is not that He is unwilling, for the fact is, He is more willing to give than we are to receive.  But the trouble is, we are not ready…”  Oswald J. Smith