Hours and Hours of Praying

Hours and hours of praying do not eliminate the need for faith. They may help you to arrive at the position of faith, but without the dynamic of faith, prayer does not prevail.
-- Wesley L. Duewel

Requests for Refusal

Many prayers fail to achieve their purpose because there is no faith behind them. Prayers that are filled with doubt are requests for refusal.
-- Charles Spurgeon

Not a Mere Conviction

Faith is very far from being a mere conviction of the truth of God's Word or a conclusion drawn from certain premises. It is the ear, which has heard God say what He will do and the eye, which has seen Him doing it. Therefore, where there is true faith, it is impossible for the answer not to come.
-- Andrew Murray

Wrestling in Prayer

Wrestling in prayer enlists all the powers of your soul. You reach beyond the visible to the very throne of God. With all your strength and tenacity, you lay hold of God's grace and power.
-- Wesley L. Duewel

The Great People of Earth

The great people of earth are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time to pray.
-- S.D. Gordon

Our Highest Glory

We have far too little conception of the place that intercession, as distinguished from prayer for ourselves, ought to have in the Church and the Christian life. In intercession our King upon the throne finds His highest glory. In it we shall find our highest glory too. Through it He continues His saving work and can do nothing without it. Through it alone we can do our work, and nothing avails without it.
-- Andrew Murray

Before a Great Throne

Do not bring before God small petitions and narrow desires and say, "Lord, do according to these." Ask for great things, for you are before a great throne.

-- Charles Spurgeon