Prayer

(John Bunyan)

Prayer is a sincere, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised in His Word.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled with God's grace.

The truths that I know best, I have learned on my knees.
I never know a thing well, until it is burned into my heart by prayer.

Sincere prayer is . . .
  a shield to the soul,
  a scourge to Satan, and
  a fragrant and pleasing sacrifice to God.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words-than your words be without heart.