When life knocks you to your knees…

“…when life knocks you down to your knees, don’t be so quick to get up. Instead, be quick to look up to God in prayer.”

~ John Onwuchekwa, Prayer, 91.

How Important is Prayer in Your Life?

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”

~ Corrie ten Boom

M’Cheyne on Prayer

“A calm hour with God is worth a whole lifetime with man”

~ Robert Murray M’Cheyne (Nineteenth-century Scottish minister)

Prayer is Not Just a Mere Exercise…

“Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint.”

~ Oswald Chambers

John Wesley on Daily Prayer…

“Read and pray daily. It is for your life. There is no other way”

~ John Wesley

A Prayer for Those Treating the Sick

Father, 

We come to pray for those who are caring for the sick. It takes a kind and selfless heart to care for those who are sick, and so Father we pray for them. We pray that You would be their source of rest, their source of replenishment when weary, and their source of hope in such overwhelming times. Lord we know in Luke 6:38 that whosoever pours out shall be given back in proportion, so we pray blessings upon these caregivers. We also pray for their health that they may not fall ill. Father protect them with a hedge of protection against the germs of coronavirus and help those who are giving to be protected as they nurse others back to health.  Bless them, oh Lord.

In Jesus’ name, Amen

Rick Warren on the Value of Prayer

“God can handle your doubt, anger, fear, grief, confusion, and questions. You can bring everything to him in prayer.”

~ Rick Warren

Do We Pray for People Who Need Jesus?

“There are few conversions in this world unless in connection with some one’s prayers. I formerly thought that no human being had anything to do with my own conversion, for I was not converted in church or Sunday-school, or in personal conversation with anyone. I was awakened in the middle of the night and converted. As far as I can remember I had not the slightest thought of being converted, or of anything of that character when I went to bed and fell asleep; but I was awakened in the middle of the night and converted probably inside of five minutes. A few minutes before I was about as near eternal perdition as one gets. I had one foot over the brink and was trying to get the one over. I say I thought no human being had anything to do with it, but I had forgotten my mother’s prayers, and I afterwards learned that one of my college classmates had chosen me as one to pray for until I was saved.”

~ R. A. Torrey, How to Prayer, (1909 Edition, 27-28).

Our Prayer Life Will Improve the More We Know God

“The clearer our understanding of who God is, the better our prayers. Instinctive prayer is like an emergency flare in reaction to a general sense of God’s reality. Prayer as a spiritual gift is a genuine, personal conversation in reply to God’s specific, verbal revelation.”  

~ Timothy Keller, Prayer, 46.

No Dropped Calls With God…