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20 Awesome Things J.C. Ryle Said About Prayer

“No man ever said, at the end of his days, ‘I have read my Bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul.'”

 

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“This is the boldness which distinguished Bruce, a great Scotch divine of the 17th century. His prayers were said to be ‘like bolts shot up into heaven.'”

 

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“Faith is to prayer what the feather is to the arrow: without it prayer will not hit the mark. We should cultivate the habit of pleading promises in our prayers.”

 

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“We must make time for private meditation, and for being alone with God.”

 

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“What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. You may be very sure men fall in private long before they fall in public.”