We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

When we see Him, we will wonder that we ever could have disobeyed Him.

Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.