When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately.

To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication of how wicked we really are.

Prayer does not equip us for greater works—prayer is the greater work.

Prayer is the battle; it is a matter of indifference where you are. Whichever way God engineers circumstances, the duty is to pray.

If we indulge in inordinate affection, anger, anxiety, God holds us responsible; but He also insists that we have to be passionately filled with the right emotions.

The reason many of us leave off praying and become hard towards God is because we have only a sentimental interest in prayer.

It is not so true that "prayer changes things" as that prayer changes me and I change things.