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

The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God at His central throne of control in order to discover a sense of God's need in order to call on God's help to meet that need.

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

Prayer succeeds when all else fails

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

He who would pray, must obey.

The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight.