Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to show us what and how to pray before we make our request known to Him. Have we not consumed a great deal of time in the past asking for what we wanted? Why not now ask for what God wants?
Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work.
This is so perfect for me right now! Franklin Gram is going to every state's capital to hold a gathering of prayer for America and I will be attending the one in my state. Thank you for the encouragement every week. :) I always know that I can count on some encouragement every time I click your blog. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your encouragement to me to pray! These quotes are really good. I especially liked the second to last one. People often treat prayer as making a wish list, but really, our prayer should be that God would be honored and glorified in everything, even if things don't happen the way that we want them to.
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