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“Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers.”
“When prayer is a struggle do not worry about the prayers that you cannot pray. You yourself are a prayer to God at that moment. All that is within you cries out to Him. And He hears all the pleas ...”
“We must wrestle earnestly in prayer like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.”
“We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner.”
“There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires listless efforts lazy attitudes all must be strenuous urgent ardent. Flamed desires impassioned unwearied insiste...”
“Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.”
“It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.”
“Productive prayer requires earnestness not eloquence.”
“To say prayers in a decent delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened till the mountain...”
“Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.”
“Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter not with vain repetitions but with urgent repetitions. We repeat not to count the times but to gain the prayer. We cannot quit p...”
“Prayer is a fine delicate instrument. To use it right is a great art a holy art. There is perhaps no greater art than the art of prayer. Yet the least gifted the uneducated and the poor can cult...”
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
“With God there is no need for long speeches.”
“From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints good Lord deliver us.”
“Let me burn out for God ... prayer is the great thing. Oh that I may be a man of prayer!”
“In prayer more is accomplished by listening than by talking.”
“Look as a painted man is no man and as painted fire is no fire so a cold prayer is no prayer.”
“Prayer should be short without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that He knows best what is good for us.”
“There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.”
