The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer.

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God’s throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.

Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys,” but as our Father.

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer

We do not pray at all until we are at our wits' end.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.

Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.