If any of you should ask me for the epitome of the Christian life, I would say that it is in one word: prayer.
The habit of private prayer, and the constant practice of heart-communion with God are the surest indicators of the work of the Holy spirit upon the soul.
The more a man loves God and becomes more like Jesus, the more delight he takes in heart communion with God.
All of our libraries and our studies are mere emptiness, compared with our prayer closets.
We grow in Christlikeness, in private prayer.
Prayer is the true gauge of spiritual health.
I have now concentrated all my prayers into one and that one prayer is this: that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.
He who has the key of prayer can open Heaven! Yes, he has access to the heart of God!
Nothing brings such leanness into a Christian's soul, as lack of prayer.
A prayerless soul, is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus.
A Christian's vigor, happiness, growth and usefulness, all depend upon prayer.
Prayer is the autograph of the Holy Spirit upon the renewed heart.
Prayer is the indispensable mark of the true child of God.
I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach!
Nine times out of ten, spiritual declension from God begins in the neglect of private prayer.
Prayer with the heart, is the heart of prayer.
We make more real advance in the divine life in an hour of sincere prayer than we do in a month of sermon-hearing!
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
✫❤•°*”˜˜”*°•.❤✫...•°*”˜˜”*°
