by Jerry Senn
“The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking another point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.” (C S Lewis.)
“Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees.” (Anonymous)
“Hurry is the death of prayer.” (Samuel Chadwick)
“Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother’s name through the darkness? Was not that a more powerful appeal than all words? And, depend upon it, that the soul which cries aloud on God, “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” though it have “no language but a cry.” (Alexander Maclaren)
“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.” (Norman Vincent Peale)
“Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.” (Anonymous)
“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His highest willingness.” (Richard Chenevix)
“Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.” (Soren Kierkegaard)
“We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that’s the only way some of us got through.” (Sam Levenson)
“Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 16-17, NLB)