“Intercession for others is the hallmark of all true prayer. When prayer is confined to self and to the sphere of one’s personal needs, it dies by reason of its littleness, narrowness, and selfishness.” —Bounds
“Men of prayer, before anything else, are indispensable to the furtherance of the kingdom of God on earth.”—Bounds
“Christ Jesus is the only cure for undue care and over the anxiety of soul, and we secure God, His presence, and His peace by prayer.” —Bounds
“Our exposed condition of heart must be brought to the knowledge of God, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving.” —Bounds
“I thought, with sweet comfort and peace, of my God, in solitude, my Company, my Friend, my Comforter. Oh, when shall time give place to eternity!” – Martyn
“But all I care is simply to enforce this thought, that the hidden life, a life whose days are spent in communion with God, in trying to reach the source of power, is the life that moves the world.”-McCheyne
“I see nothing will do, O God, but being continually filled with Thy presence and glory.”
“Oh, I long to be filled more with God! Lord, stir me up more in earnest. I want to be more like Jesus. I see that nothing will do but being continually filled with the divine presence and glory. I know all that Thou hast is mine, but I want to feel a close union. Lord, increase my faith.”-Carvosso
“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”-Matthew 26:41
“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”-Colossians 4:2
“Pray without ceasing…” -1 Thessalonians 5:17
“The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” –James 5
“And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”–Acts 4:31
“Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.”-Psalm 32:6
“I exhort, therefore,” Paul says, “that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for rulers and all that are in authority.”
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. –Psalm 51
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. –Psalm 51
“Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation.” Isaiah 63
“Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.”-Daniel 9:3
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.”-Jer.29:12
“But he [Jesus] would withdraw to desolate places and pray.- Luke 5:16
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”-Matthew 21:22