The Prayer Life [Annotated, Updated]: Persevering in Prayer

by Andrew Murray

It is the cause of a deficient spiritual life. It is proof that, for the most part, our life is still under the power of the flesh. Prayer is the pulse of life; the doctor can tell the condition of our heart by our pulse. The sin of prayerlessness is proof for the ordinary Christian or pastor that the life of God in the soul is in deadly sickness and weakness.