Christian Commentary Encouraging Devotions

"You can do more than pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed." A.J. Gordon

"God does nothing except in response to believing prayer." John Wesley, who spent 2 hours daily in prayer.

"If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. Martin Luther

"Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers." Sidlow Baxter

"God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil …" E.M. Bounds

"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying." Paul E. Billheimer

"Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees." Corrie ten Boom

"The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!'" Jeremiah 33:3  J. Hudson Taylor

"There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God." Brother Lawrence

When asked how much time he spent in prayer, George Muller's reply was, "Hours every day. But I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk and when I lie down and when I arise. And the answers are always coming."

"I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach." Charles Spurgeon

"The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history." Andrew Murray

To be continued, Lord willing.