Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.
The real victory in all service is won in secret beforehand by prayer.
Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.
One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer.
The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.
No man's hand has ever yet reached up to take as much as the Pierced Hand is reaching down to give.