Quote 2951
48.2K
Other Quotes from the Author & Topic
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
Purity, Unity, Church0Prayer is always essential, but thought is essential, too, because prayer can be just an escape mechanism, almost at times a cry in the dark by people who are desperate and defeated. Prayer must be intelligent, and it is only to those who realize that their bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost that the answer will be given and the power will come.
Spiritual Depression (173)Prayer0Spiritual Depression (173)
Prayer is the answer to the disease of self-confidence.
Prayer0I believe that prayer is the measure of the man, spiritually, in a way that nothing else is.
Prayer0One fervent prayer in secret will speak more for our sincerity than many in public.
Prayer0If you could be brought once to love secret prayer, and to converse feelingly with God in his word, your heaven will begin on earth; you will enjoy more pleasure than in all manner of riches.
Prayer0It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.
Matthew Henry's CommentaryFaith, Religion0Matthew Henry's Commentary
God ordains our prayers as means of receiving what he plans to give, all to enrich our relationship to him. As the perfect Father of his children, he reserves the right to answer the requests we should have made rather than those we actually made when we have asked for the wrong thing; but he will take action one way or another in every situation of need that we bring before him.
Systematic Theology A LecturePrayer0Systematic Theology A Lecture
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
N/APrayer0N/A
The way of family worship is a good old way, no new thing, but the ancient usage of the saints.
Commentary Gen 12:6Family Worship0Commentary Gen 12:6
The service of sin is perfect slavery; the service of God is perfect liberty.
Sin, Freedom0Prayer must be fired with zeal and fervency.
Prayer0What is prayer? It is an offering up of our desires to God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ.
Ten Commandments, 239Prayer0Ten Commandments, 239
All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together.
Prayer0I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
Prayer0The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.
Prayer0Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
Prayer0Human learning is both ornamental and serviceable to a gospel minister, especially for the convincing of those who are outside; for it enables him to beat them at their own weapons, and to cut off Goliath's head with his own sword.
Learning, Thinking, Study0A 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.
Prayer0I am profoundly grateful to God that He did not grant me certain things for which I asked, and that He shut certain doors in my face.
Prayer0Do you pray? One of the things that happens in your prayer life is if you think that you gotta earn the favor of God you'll never be a prayer. If you understand the favour of God was granted you in Jesus Christ you'll have a tendency to run to Christ and not from him.
Rezweek 2010 Night 1Prayer0Rezweek 2010 Night 1
God is always willing for us to hit the mark when He directs our arrows. When He teaches us to wrestle, He then intends we should prevail. Spiritual breathings are attended with spiritual blessings. Nothing will ascend to heaven but what came down from heaven. That prayer meets with no answer which is not offered up in faith.
Prayer0A life spent in the service of God and communion with Him is the most pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.
Presence of God, Serving0He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
Heaven, Death, Fear0Behold, and wonder, that the great God should love such a worthless world! That the holy God should love such a wicked world with a love of good will, when he could not look upon it with any complacency.
God's Love, Salvation0
Bible Resource
WhoWhatWhere Bible
A level-based Bible challenge, single and multiplayer modes available.
WhoWhatWhere Bible
A level-based Bible challenge, single and multiplayer modes available.
Special OfferTop Authors
1. Thomas Watson (196)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. Thomas Brooks (114)
5. John Calvin (108)
6. John Flavel (96)
7. J.I. Packer (95)
8. William Gurnall (93)
9. George Swinnock (89)
10. John Piper (87)
11. John Owen (74)
12. Thomas Manton (70)
13. A.W. Pink (68)
14. Louis Berkhof (63)
15. C.S. Lewis (59)
16. B.B. Warfield (59)
17. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
18. R.C. Sproul (55)
19. Richard Baxter (54)
20. Matthew Henry (54)
2. Charles Spurgeon (135)
3. J.C. Ryle (117)
4. Thomas Brooks (114)
5. John Calvin (108)
6. John Flavel (96)
7. J.I. Packer (95)
8. William Gurnall (93)
9. George Swinnock (89)
10. John Piper (87)
11. John Owen (74)
12. Thomas Manton (70)
13. A.W. Pink (68)
14. Louis Berkhof (63)
15. C.S. Lewis (59)
16. B.B. Warfield (59)
17. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (58)
18. R.C. Sproul (55)
19. Richard Baxter (54)
20. Matthew Henry (54)
Top Topics
1. Sin (243)2. Prayer (187)
3. Scripture (167)
4. Faith (136)
5. Preaching (130)
6. Gospel (112)
7. The Law (111)
8. Suffering (104)
9. Salvation (96)
10. Sabbath (91)
11. Church (86)
12. Christ (82)
13. Grace (74)
14. Justification (64)
15. Law (61)
16. Truth (53)
17. Death (52)
18. Love (51)
19. Holiness (49)
20. Sanctification (48)
21. Children (46)
22. Pride (46)
23. Heaven (45)
24. Obedience (45)
25. Creation (43)
26. Theology (43)