Occupation: Theologian Birth: August 5, 1879 Death: November 22, 1961
The secret prayer chamber is a bloody battleground. Here violent and decisive battles are fought out. Here the fate of souls for time and eternity is….
If we pray for anything according to the will of God, we already have what we pray for the moment we ask it. We do not know exactly when it will arri….
We should not be afraid, when praying to God, to give expression to a definite desire, even though we are in doubt at the time we are praying whether….
Prayer is a fine, delicate instrument. To use it right is a great art, a holy art. There is perhaps no greater art than the art of prayer. Yet the le….
Prayer is such a great effort to most of us because we do not pray right..
Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul as….
Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep sighs or sudd….
Prayer brings a good spirit in our homes. For God hears prayer. Heaven itself would come down to our homes. And even though we who constitute the hom….
Jesus is not made of stone. He is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say t….
The purpose of fasting is to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world of material things and our surroundings as a whole, in order t….
To pray is to let Jesus come into our hearts..
By prayer we couple the powers of Heaven to ou helplessness, the powers which can capture strongholds and make the impossible, possible..
God alone fully understands what each one of us needs; we make mistakes continually and pray for things which would be harmful to us if we received t….
When we in prayer seek only the glorification of the name of God, then we are in complete harmony with the Spirit of prayer. Then our hearts are at r….
Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last wor….
When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you a….
Without faith there can be no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer..
When it becomes clear to us that prayer is a part of our daily program of work, it will also become clear to us that we must arrange our daily progra….
To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer….
Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your pray….
When we go to our meeting with God, we should go like a patient to his doctor, first to be thoroughly examined and afterwards to be treated for our a….