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1 " If our spiritually dead ones are to be raised, we must first get power with God. The reason we so often fail in moving our fellowmen is that we try to win them without first getting power with God. Jesus was in communion with His Father, and so He could be assured that His prayers were heard. We "
― Dwight L. Moody , Prevailing Prayer
2 " My experience is that those who pray most in their closets generally make short prayers in public. "
3 " If we read the Word and do not pray, we may become puffed up with knowledge, without the love that buildeth up. If we pray without reading the Word, we shall be ignorant of the mind and will of God, and become mystical and fanatical, and liable to be blown about by every wind of doctrine. "
4 " Here we are, getting blessings from God day after day; yet how little praise and thanksgiving there is in the Church "
5 " Sometimes, when your child talks, your friends cannot understand what he says; but the mother understands very well. So if our prayer comes right from the heart, God understands our language. "
6 " only when we get serious with God can we expect an answer. "
7 " seek by prayer “to move the Arm that moves the world.” D. L. MOODY "
8 " So when we get really into communion with God, He lifts up His countenance upon us; and instead of our having gloomy looks, our faces will shine, because God has heard and answered our prayers. Jesus, "
9 " If our sermons are going to reach the hearts and consciences of the people, we must be much in prayer to God, that there may be power with the Word. In "
10 " I think we shall find a great many of our prayers that we thought unanswered answered when we get to heaven "
11 " Faith has no desire to have its own will, when that will is not in accordance with the mind of God; for such a desire would at bottom be the impulse of an unbelief which did not rely upon God’s judgment as our best guide. Faith knows that God’s will is the highest good, and that anything which is beneficial to us will be granted to our petitions. "
12 " Fiery trials make golden Christians; sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions. "
13 " Prayer was appointed to convey The blessings God designs to give; Long as they live should Christians pray, For only while they pray they live. "
14 " If we have done wrong to some one, we should never ask God to forgive us until we are willing to make restitution. "
15 " THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT the deepest impression on this sin-cursed earth have been men and women of prayer. "
16 " So all through the Scriptures you will find that when believing prayer went up to God, the answer came down. "
17 " If we read the Word and do not pray, we may become puffed up with knowledge, without the love that buildeth up. If we pray without reading the Word, we shall be ignorant of the mind and will of God, and become mystical and fanatical, and liable to be blown about by every wind of doctrine. The "
18 " Too often we knock at mercy’s door, and then run away, instead of waiting for an entrance and an answer. "
19 " As some one has said, God kissed away his soul, and took him home to Himself. “God buried him”—the greatest honor ever paid to mortal man. "
20 " About 1,500 gathered for two hours of lively, focused prayer. Later, I asked Pastor Jim Cymbala why so many were attending the Brooklyn Tab prayer meetings when many other churches have cancelled their prayer meetings for lack of interest. He answered, “You would also have a full church on prayer meeting night if your people actually believed that God answers prayer!” If we actually believed God answers prayer! "