God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does purpose a change.

We must not be concerned only with that which troubles us, but with all that troubles God.

Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God's presence. Therefore they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God.

If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.

A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.

And as men diversions increase from the world, so do their entanglements from Satan. When they have more to do in the world than they can well manage, they shall have more to do from Satan than they can withstand.

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.