Martin Luther said: “If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.”
John Welch, the holy and wonderful Scotch preacher, thought the day ill spent if he did not spend eight hours or ten hours in prayer.
Bishop ken was so much with God that his soul was said to be God enamoured. He was with God before the clock struck three every morning.
Bishop Asbury said: “I propose to rise at four ‘o’ clock as often as I can and spend two hours in prayer and meditation.”
Bishop Hamilton said: “No man is likely to do much good in prayer who does not begin by looking upon it in the light of a work to be prepared for and persevered in with all the earnestness which we bring to bear upon subjects which are in our opinion at once most interesting and most necessary.”
Dr.Judson: “Arrange thy affairs, if possible, so that thou canst leisurely devote two or three hours every day not merely to devotional exercises but to the very act of secret prayer and communion with God. Endeavour seven times a day to withdraw from business and company and lift up thy soul to God in private retirement. Begin the day by rising after midnight and devoting some time amid the silence and darkness of the night to this sacred work. Let the hours of nine, twelve, three, six and nine at night witness the same. Be resolute in His cause. Make all practicable sacrifices to maintain it. Consider that thy time is short, and that business and company must not be allowed to rob thee of thy God.
John Wesley a famous evangelist who spent more than 2 hours in prayer said: “God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.”
S.D. Gordon: “Prayer strikes the winning blow; Service is simply picking up the pieces”
S.D. Gordon: “The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray”
E.M. Bounds: “Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.
E.M. Bounds: “The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day."
William Cowper: “Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees”
John Bunyon: “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer”
Charles Spurgeon: “I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.”
Oswald Chambers: “We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on our difficulties.”
S.D. Gordon: “Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit."
C.H. Spurgeon: “Prayer can never be in excess.”
Watchman Nee: “Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails."
Leonard Ravenhill: “A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.”
Andrew Murray (Emphasised): “Many Christians backslide...They are unable to stand against the temptations of the world, or of their old nature. They strive to do their best to fight against sin, and to serve God, but they have no strength. They have never really grasped the secret: The Lord Jesus will every day from heaven continue His work in me. But on one condition—the soul must give Him time each day to impart His love and his grace. Time alone with the Lord Jesus each day is the indispensable condition of growth and power."
J.H. Jowett: "It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there. We must first of all bring them there. We must survey them there. We must master them there. In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there. Have you tried that? Or have you been satisfied to meet and fight your foes in the open spaces of the world?"
“IT IS THROUGH PRAYER ESPECIALLY THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.”
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