“A satisfying prayer life elevates and purifies every act of body and mind and integrates the entire personality into a single spiritual unit. In the long pull we pray only as well as we live.” -A. W. Tozer
“The primary object of prayer is to know God better; we and our needs should come second.” -Florence Allshorn
“The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer.” -Robert L. Short
“God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.” -John Calvin
“Secret, fervent, believing prayer lies at the root of all personal godliness.” -William Carey
“All that a college course can do for a student is coarse and external compared with the spiritual and delicate refinement obtained by communion with God. …All our libraries and studies are mere emptiness compared with our [prayer] closets. We grow, we wax mighty, we prevail in private prayer.” -Charles Spurgeon
The Bible says that Abraham was a man full of faith. On the surface it looks like he walked with God without the struggles I face in my life. But, if we dig a little deeper we see a much different story. What about the time God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son? And God said, “Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou has not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.” (Genesis 22:12 in the King James Version of the Holy Bible). When the faith test ended God said, “now I know.” In other words, Abraham proved just how much he trusted Him. God wasn’t sure how Abraham would react to His request. The tests you are facing will prove to God whether you trust Him or not.
Prayer: Lord, I know You are always faithful. I’m never alone in any situation. You are always with me. I want to be faithful and prove my faith by my actions.
Devotion by: Kaye Singleton
“If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.” – Martin Luther
“Reading without meditation is unfruitful; meditation without reading is hurtful; to meditate and to read without prayer upon both is without blessing.”