Transfiguration of Prayer

As we lift up our soul in prayer to the living God, we gain the beauty of holiness as surely as a flower becomes beautiful by living in the sunlight. Was not our Lord transfigured when He prayed? And the ‘very fashion’ of our countenance will change, and we shall have our Mount of Transfiguration when prayer has its rightful place in our lives. Our value to God and to man is in exact proportion to the extent in which we reveal the glory of God to others. ~The Kneeling Christian

The Practice of Secret Prayer

It is not too much to say that all real growth in the spiritual life—all victory over temptation, all confidence and peace in the presence of difficulties and dangers, all repose of spirit in times of great disappointment or loss, all habitual communion with God—depends upon the practice of secret prayer. ~The Kneeling Christian

Prayer

Why are so many Christians so often defeated? Because they pray so little. Why are many church-workers so often discouraged and disheartened? Because they pray so little. Why do most men see so few brought ‘out of darkness to light’ by their ministry? Because they pray so little. Why are not our churches simply on fire for God? Because there is so little real prayer. ~The Kneeling Christian

Where Are the Intercessors?

God wondered that there was no intercessor (Isaiah 59:16) – Oh how great must be God’s wonder today! For how few there are among us who know what prevailing prayer really is! Every one of us would confess that we believe in prayer, yet how many of us truly believe the in the power of prayer? Surely there is nothing so absolutely astonishing as a practically prayerless Christian. ~The Kneeling Christian