He flees from the temptation to secret prayer, for here is the source of his strength to resist evil. What a refuge was secret prayer to him! What a refuge to us from the world’s dazzling and delusive crowns! – EM Bounds Continue reading What safety
“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, AND PRAYING, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.” – Luke 3:21-22 “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was a widow in that … Continue reading No man prayed like he prayed
“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” – Mark 1:35 Trust Jesus! Continue reading Trust Jesus over whatever it is that you are trusting over Him
EM Bounds “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” – John 16:24 Continue reading True praying
1 Timothy 2:1-4 [1] I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; [2] for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. [3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; [4] who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. Pray for others we all need it! Continue reading To break the slavery
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint…” Luke 18:1 EM Bounds Continue reading Men are better when they pray
They are not sources of reputation nor elements of character in the heavenly estimates. A life of prayer is the only life which heaven counts. EM Bounds but even better: “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more … Continue reading Some successes don’t count
EM Bounds “Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.” – Luke 10:2 Continue reading Hell robbed
EM Bounds “But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; My glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, And he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.” Psalm 3:3-4 Pray! Continue reading No invention of man
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” – 0hilippians 4:6-7 Continue reading Men ought…
