No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire; no prayer without flame.

Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.

if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion.

God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.

Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.

Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.