September 29

Daily strength through prayer

“Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually” (1 Chron. 16:11).
“God is my strength” (Hab. 3:19).

Prayer is the conduit-pipe between my soul and Heaven. It is the outlet upwards for gratitude and yearning desires for blessing; it is the inlet through which the supplies of grace pour downwards into the heart. Prayer is just as vital to my spiritual life as water is to the “monthly rose” whose leaves are now dripping from the refreshing of the pitcher. Alas for the Christian who has broken his connection with Christ!
I do not believe that there is such a thing in the history of God’s kingdom as a prayer offered in a right spirit that is forever left unanswered.
—Theodore Cuyler.


Prayer has been my source of help when burdens have pressed so heavily upon me that they threatened to crush my spirit; when disappointment, misrepresentation almost overwhelmed me, prayer has brought strength and comfort, a courage that could face a world of bitterness and scorn. I have proved that prayer will enable me to retain the substance of holiness. Prayer enables me to retain a passion for souls; keeps it burning in the hours of disappointment and failure, indifference and hardness, when men and devils rise in power against me.
—Kate Lee.

Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man’s wants and God’s goodness.
—Hugh Miller.

The mother of Moses laid the ark in the flags by the river’s brink. Aye, but before doing so, she laid it on the heart of God! She could not have laid it so courageously upon the Nile if she had not first devotedly laid it upon the care and love of God. We are often surprised at the outward calmness of men who are called upon to do unpleasant and most trying deeds; but could we have seen them in secret we should have known the prayerful preparation which they underwent before coming out to be seen by men.
—Joseph Parker.

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