Reflecting on Prayer

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).

"Have we ever spent one hour in meditating upon this, our Savior's sevenfold invitation to pray? ... He yearns to grant us according to His riches of His glory, that we may be strengthened with the might of His Spirit in the inner man. He tells us that our strength and our fruitfulness depend upon our prayers."

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made unto God (Philippians 4:6).

"And yet we allow the Devil to persuaded us to neglect prayer. He makes us believe that we can do more by our own efforts than by our prayers, by our own conversations with men than by our intercession with God. How dare we work for Christ without being much on our knees. Edward Payson is right when he says, 'If we would do much for God, we must ask much of God. ... Pray, then, my dear brother, pray, pray, pray.'"

.... The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16b).

Too many of us don't recognize the power of prayer. We give lip service to it, but we don't put it into the practice. When we pray, we pray with doubts that God will answer, but the Bible tells us otherwise over and over again, which brings into question how much we believe what the Bible says. Study what it says about prayer for yourself, and then, as Edward Payson said, "Pray and then pray, pray, and pray." It's your strongest Christian weapon. Besides formally praying, whisper little prayers all through the day. Live your life as a prayer to God.

Pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

(Quotes from The Kneeling Christian - Albert Richardson)

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