Prayer needs Trust

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive. Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless or that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses. Trust receives what prayer acquires. So, what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust.

- E. M. Bounds -

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Praying without faith

Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose.

- Anonymous -

When you face the perils, pray

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don’t pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

- Luis Palua -

When you face the perils, pray

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don’t pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

- Luis Palua -

Anticipate the Battle

The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came…Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.

- R. A. Torrey -

The Tracks of Prayer

Our prayers lay the track down on which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.

- Watchman Nee -

The Art of Praying

He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.

- Francois de Sales -

Future Mercies

Can we expect future mercies, if we are not thankful for past blessings?

- William W. Patton -

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Praying With Your Spouse

I seriously doubt that there would be many divorces among Christians if they took the time to kneel in prayer once a day and prayed for each other.

- Ruth Bell Graham -

The changing power of prayer

To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives.

- Richard Foster -