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.
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The mightiest
prayers are often those drenched with the Word of God.
It is
hypocritical to pray for victory over our sins yet be careless in our intake of
the Word of God.
Jerry Bridges
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from The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges, © 1996, p. 75. Used by
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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.