The lazy man does not, will not, cannot pray, for prayer demands energy.

Enthusiasm is more active than faith, though enthusiasm cannot remove mountains nor call into action any of the omnipotent forces which faith can command. Activity is often at the expense of more solid, useful elements, and generally to the total neglect of prayer. To be too busy with God's work to commune with God, to be busy with doing church work without taking time to talk to God about His work, is the highway to backsliding, and many people have walked therein to the hurt of their immortal souls.

Little praying is a kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion.

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

Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.

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.

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.