![]() ![]() The Lord hears the poor, and the ignorant, and the needy he loves to hear their cry. He is only moved by the deep thought and the heaving emotion which dwell in the innermost spirit. God is not moved by words they are but a noise to him. We often pray best when we stammer and stutter, and we pray worst when words come rolling like a torrent, one after another. If I feel myself disinclined to pray, then is the time when I need to pray more than ever. Not to pray because you do not feel fit to pray is like saying, “I will not take medicine because I am too ill.” Pray for prayer: pray yourself, by the Spirit’s assistance, into a praying frame. It is a grand thing when the soul can bolt the doors against distractions, and keep out those intruders for then it is that prayer and faith will perform their miracle, and our soul shall be filled with the blessing of the Lord. Nor should a true Christian relax his prayer through mental difficulties, I mean those perturbations which distract the mind, and prevent the concentration of our thoughts. When we cannot pray as we would, it is good to pray as we can. ![]() A prayer which is not based on a promise has no true foundation. After all, prayer is nothing but taking God’s promises to him, and saying to him, “Do as thou hast said.” Prayer is the promise utilized. The best praying man is the man who is most believingly familiar with the promises of God. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length. True prayer is measured by weight, and not by length. Hearts abiding in Christ send forth supplications as fires send out flames and sparks. Prayer is the natural outgushing of a soul in communion with Jesus. Just as the leaf and the fruit will come out of the vine-branch without any conscious effort on the part of the branch, but simply because of its living union with the stem, so prayer buds, and blossoms, and fruits out of souls abiding in Jesus. There is always a ready hand if you have a ready heart. There is always an open ear if you have an open mouth. Unless I believe my prayer to be effectual it will not be, for on my faith will it to a great extent depend.Ĭhristian, look up then and rejoice. That also is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time. Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. God has promised to hear prayer, and he will perform his promise. Now, my own soul’s conviction is, that prayer is the grandest power in the entire universe that it has a more omnipotent force than electricity, attraction, gravitation, or any other of those secret forces which men have called by names, but which they do not understand. My brethren, we often ramble in our prayers after this, that, and the other, and we get nothing because in each we do not really desire anything. To make prayer of any value, there should be definite objects for which to plead. These encouraging quotes about prayer come from Encouraged to Pray: Classic Sermons on Prayer by Charles Spurgeon. ![]()
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