Pregnant prayer

Of all the traits of a life LIKE CHRIST there is none higher and more glorious than conformity to Him in the work that now engages Him without ceasing in the Father’s presence—His all-prevailing intercession. The more we abide in Him, and grow unto His likeness, will His priestly life work in us mightily, and our life become what His is, a life that ever pleads and prevails for men.Andrew Murray

Let this, then, be our first lesson: the presence of God is the chief thing, in our devotions.Andrew Murray

To have more of God, to know Him better, to receive from Him the communication of His love and strength, to have our life filled with His, – it is for this He invites us to enter the inner chamber and shut the door.Andrew Murray

We take for granted that prayer is preparation for work, whereas prayer is the work.Oswald Chambers

There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.William Law

The Spirit who searches the deep things of God, doth offer, prompt, and suggest to us in our prayers those very things that are in God’s heart to grant the things we desire of Him, so as to speak God’s very heart to Himself.Thomas Godwin

Faith is not an abstract belief in the Word of God, nor a mere mental credence, nor a simple assent of the understanding and will; nor is it a passive acceptance of facts, however sacred or thorough. Faith is an operation of God, a Divine illumination, a holy energy implanted by the Word of God and the Spirit in the human soul.E.M. Bounds

There are three things that go to the making of a successful preacher: supplication, meditation, and tribulation.Martin Luther

There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.I really agree with this one. You can't stay hardened toward someone if you are truly standing in the gap for them. Dian.

Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.O. Hallesby

God will manifest Himself to all who are longing to be temples of the Holy Spirit, filled with His power, and ready for the service of the living God.Andrew Murray

A prayerless life means a life lived out of communion with God and all that is involved by this.A.W. Pink

Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God has promised, or according to the Word of God, for the good of the Church, with submission in faith to the will of God.John Bunyan

Our prayers are the means by which our souls, though empty, are filled by God to overflowing.John Bunyan

The worst sin is prayerlessness since this connotes indifference toward God.P.T. Forsyth

If you do not pray, do not say that you are too busy to pray. Be honest and admit you do not love God enough to pray.Anonymous

Please Pray that I have a Niece?. Sue