PRAYER-BIBLE

Formerly, when I rose, I began to pray as soon as possible. But I often spent a quarter of an hour to an hour on my knees struggling to pray while my mind wandered. Now I rarely have this problem. As my heart is nourished by the truth of the Word, I am brought into true fellowship with God. I speak to my Father and to my Friend (although I am unworthy) about the things that He has brought before me in His precious Word.

George Muller

The Autobiography of George Muller, 1984, p. 139. All quotations taken from books published by Whitaker House are used with permission of the publisher. Whitaker House books are available at Christian bookstores everywhere.

The mightiest prayers are often those drenched with the Word of God.

Herbert Lockyer

It is hypocritical to pray for victory over our sins yet be careless in our intake of the Word of God.

Jerry Bridges

We cannot be men of prevailing prayer unless we study God's Word to find out His will for us.

Author Unknown

The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 6.

Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God’s listening ears.

R.A. Torrey

Great pray-ers have always been great students of the Word of God.

Author Unknown

The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong.

E.M. Bounds

Prayer is an instinct of the soul but how to pray can only be learned from the inspired Scriptures.

Graham Scroggie

Without prayer the study of Scripture can turn into a merely intellectual exercise. Prayer without Scripture will lack needed motivation and guidance.

Bill Thrasher

A Journey to Victorious Praying, Moody Publishers, 2003, p. 84-85.

I have found it helpful to begin my day by systematically reading the Bible and giving God the opportunity to direct my attention to certain truths. These truths become the springboard to begin speaking to the Lord.

Bill Thrasher

A Journey to Victorious Praying, Moody Publishers, 2003, p. 86.