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Prayer Quotes by John Bunyan
- The best prayers have often more groans than words.
- Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such…
- Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
- 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,…
- 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…
- We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or…
- The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart…
- Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled with God.
- The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
- You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer…
- Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see…
- To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
- The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
- To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
- Here is the life of prayer, when in or with the Spirit, a man being made sensible of sin, and how to come to the…
- There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.
- A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
- Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou art by grace…
- Prayer is a shield to the soul
- In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice…
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