prayer Quotes

“The Lord, when He has given great faith to a person, has been known to test that faith with long delays. He has allowed His servants’ voices to echo back to their own ears, as if they were bouncing off a sky made of solid brass. They have knocked at the golden gate of heaven, but it has remained immovable, as if its hinges were totally rusted. Like Jeremiah, they have cried, “You have covered Yourself with a cloud, so that our prayer cannot pass through.”[72] And so in this way many Christians have continued for a long time in patient waiting, with no reply—it’s not because their prayers were shallow or insincere, or because God did not hear or accept them. Instead, it’s simply because it pleased God, who is in total control over all things, and who gives according to His own perfect will. So, if it is His desire to have us wait, in order to exercise and grow the virtue of patience in us, doesn’t He have the right to do this, since we belong to Him?”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“you will “understand the dream, and how to interpret it,” when you have sought after God. And like John, you will see the “seven seals” of precious truth opened, after you have “wept greatly” in prayer.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“Or, to put it another way, when God piles up a hill of blessings, He Himself shines behind them, and He causes the shadow of prayer to fall upon our spirits, motivating us to pray and allowing us to rest in the knowledge that our prayers are the shadows of God’s mercy that is coming to us in His grace.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“He has heard you in the day of trouble,[42] has strengthened you, and helped you, even when you may have dishonored Him by trembling in fear, and by doubting while you prayed. Remember this, and let it fill your heart with gratitude to God, who has always graciously heard your poor weak prayers: “Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and do not forget all His benefits.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“​So, take a moment to think on this verse: “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my plea.”[41] Wouldn’t you agree that you have good reason to say this in your own life? Just as your prayers have been many, so also have been God’s answers to them.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“​As a Christian, if you have any grace in you at all, but are not actively praying and making intercession for others, that grace must be as small as a grain of mustard seed.[33] Your small amount of grace is just enough to float your own soul out of the quicksand; but you should be seeking after floods of grace, deep enough to carry a joyous boat, full of the heavy cargo of the wants and needs of others, and you would bring back from your Lord, for them, rich blessings that they might not have obtained otherwise, if it wasn’t for your prayers— “Oh, let my hands forget their skill, My tongue be silent, cold, and still, This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget the mercy-seat!”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“When you come before the King, speak to Him for the suffering members of His body.[31] When you are given the pleasure of drawing very near to His throne, and the King says to you, “Ask, and I will give you what you ask for,”[32] let your petitions be, not for yourself alone, but for the many who need His aid.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation

“​Our extreme predicaments are the Lord’s opportunities. Immediately, a sharp sense of danger forces an anxious cry from us, and the ear of Jesus hears it—and with Jesus the ear and heart go together, and His hand responds immediately. We tend to wait until the last moment to appeal to our Master, but his swift hand makes up for our delays by instantaneous, effective action.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, prayer: Wrestling with God in Prayer and Meditation