No man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God.

I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them.

The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer.

There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will.

Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.

Admit sin, and you banish prayer. But, on the other hand, entertain, and encourage, and practice prayer, and sin will sooner or later flee before it.

You do not really care for God's mercy or His comfort either, so long as you live in any sin. And it is well that you do not; for you can have neither. Your peace will be like a river, when you put away your sin; but not one word of true peace, not one drop of true comfort, can you have till then.