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“The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.”

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D. A. Carson

D. A. Carson is a prominent writer and scholar in the fields of religion, theology, and literature. His works cover a wide range of topics from biblical studies to Christian theology, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

“When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we look for its return; and when we sow seed, we look for a harvest; so likewise when we sow our prayers, through Christ, in God's bosom, shall we not look for an answer and observe how we speed? It is a seed of atheism to pray and not to look how we speed. But a sincere Christian will pray and wait, and strengthen his heart with promises out of the Word, and never leave praying and looking up till God gives him a gracious answer.”

Giving Looks Heart Christian Fall Waiting Christ Prayer Answers Sea Atheism Return Praying Promise Speed Seeds Ships Sincere Harvest Arrows Our Prayers Bosoms Gracious

Author:Richard Sibbes

“Learn that urgency in prayer does not so much consist in vehement pleading, as in vehement believing. He that believes most the love and power of Jesus will obtain the most in prayer.”

Believe Doe Jesus Prayer Urgency Pleading Vehement

Book:Additional Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Late Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee: Consisting of Various Sermons and Lectures Delivered by Him in the Course of His Ministry

Source: Additional Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Late Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee: Consisting of Various Sermons and Lectures Delivered by Him in the Course of His Ministry

“O believing brethren! What an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe.”

Believe Hands Moving Universe Prayer Instruments Brethren

Book:Sermons

Source: Sermons

“I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.”

Feels Firsts Long Soul Faces Prayer Sleep Secret Seeing Ought Praying My Soul Clock Twelve Eleven

Book:The life and remains, letters, lectures, and poems of [the Rev] Robert Murray McCheyne

Source: The life and remains, letters, lectures, and poems of [the Rev] Robert Murray McCheyne

“Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.”

Ifs Giving Prayer Teach Praying Lays Gods Will Ministry Praying To God

Book:The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c

Source: The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c