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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts. — Walter Hilton
Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God,… — Oswald Chambers
Sometimes when your child talks, your friends cannot understand what he says; but the mother understands very well. So if our prayer comes from the… — Dwight L. Moody
if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion. — Edward McKendree Bounds
I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and… — Charles Spurgeon
Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. — Edward McKendree Bounds
No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart. — J C Ryle
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not how to wear two vizards,… — John Bunyan
It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection… — John Bunyan
Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He… — Oswald Chambers
When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden… — Amy Carmichael
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from the days when Robert… — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs… — Samuel Chadwick
They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind, and on waiting for the… — Watchman Nee
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring,… — Watchman Nee
The burden imparted by God is lifted once we have prayed, but the heaviness from the enemy cannot be raised unless we fight and resist… — Watchman Nee
To walk after the spirit a believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns too long around one topic, worries or grieves… — Watchman Nee

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