God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.

Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.

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

Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice and labour are required to be a skillful tradesman in praying. Practice in this, as well as in all other trades, makes perfect.

Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.

The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.

God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil