Quotes about Prayer

Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?

I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.

He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.

I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

Praying men stop sinning and sinning men stop praying.

Intercessory prayer is an act of communion with Christ, for Jesus pleads for the sons of men.

Every man prays in his own language.

Men ought not to faint because men ought to pray.

A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.

do all you can to stop the ungodly chatter.

It is always a painful process and often a most discouraging one. The process continues until all that can be shaken is removed and only those things which cannot be shaken remain. Through this shaking the deliverance for which we prayed is accomplished. Through it all, we will be brought into the secure place for which we long."3

Spiritual warfare is not about naming territorial spirits, claiming the ground or binding demons. It is all about the gospel. It is to live a gospel life, to preserve gospel unity and to proclaim gospel truth. It is to do this in the face of a hostile world, a deceptive enemy and our own sinful natures. And it is to pray to a sovereign God for gospel opportunities. Advance comes through godliness, unity, proclamation and prayer. Timothy Chester, on Ephesians 621