Nothing is discussed more and practiced less than prayer.
I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or by water.
Nor it is an objection to say that we must understand a prayer if it is to have its true effect. That simply is not the case. Who understands the wisdom of a flower? Yet we can take pleasure in it.
I would rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous.
Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
God dwells where we let God in.
Saints of the early church reaped great harvests in the field of prayer and found the mercy seat to be a mine of untold treasures.
At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
The wings of prayer carry high and far.
In the calm of sweet communion Let thy daily work be done; In the peace of soul-outpouring Care be banished, patience won; And if earth with its enchantments Seek thy spirit to enthrall, Ere thou listen, ere thou answer, Turn to Jesus, tell Him all.
God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.
Turn your doubts to question; turn your question to prayers; turn your prayers to God.
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
Whatever you do in revenge against your brother will appear all at once in your heart at the time of payer.
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it.
Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear; When a dead wall thus cunningly Conveys soft whispers to the ear.
The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father's love to him, and the honor which he has put upon him.
A prayer, in its simplest definition, is merely a wish turned heavenward.
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!
