May 17

Prayer a mighty influence

“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive” (Matt. 21:22).
“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight” (1 John 3:22).

If there is one thing I think the Church needs to learn, it is that God means prayer to have an answer, and that it hath not entered into the heart of man to conceive what He will do for His child who gives himself to believe that his prayer will be heard.
Many complain that they have not the power to pray in faith, to pray the effectual prayer that availeth much. The message I would fain bring them is that the blessed Jesus is waiting, is longing, to teach them this.
He teaches us to pray not only by example, by instruction, by command, by promises, but by showing us Himself, the ever-living Intercessor, as our Life. It is when we believe this, and go and abide in Him for our prayer life too, that our fears of not being able to pray aright will vanish, and we shall joyfully and triumphantly trust our Lord to teach us to pray, to be Himself the life and the power of our prayer.


May God open our eyes to see what the holy ministry of intercession is to which, as His royal priesthood, we have been set apart. May He give us a large and strong heart to believe what mighty influence our prayers can exert. And may all fear as to our being able to fulfill our vocation vanish as we see Jesus, living ever to pray, living in us to pray, and standing surety for our prayer life.
—Andrew Murray.

Men cannot represent God who do not get answers to prayer from Him.
—E. M. Bounds.

Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.
—D. L. Moody.

If you spend several hours in prayer daily, you will see great things.
—John Nelson.

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