We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid.

Preaching is not the performance of an hour. It is the outflow of a life. It takes twenty years to make a sermon because it takes twenty years to make the man. The true sermon is a thing of life. The sermon grows because the man grows.

Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.

Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. 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.