. . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world.

We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy to God when the life has not been holy to God.

The character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching.

We must lose all for Christ in order to gain all for Christ.

Holy living is essential preparation for prayer.

Prayer and a holy life are one. They mutually act and react. Neither can survive alone. The absence of the one is the absence of the other.

Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.