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PAGE 1 - Introduction
  • "Whatever is your best time in the day, give that to communion with God."
    ~ Hudson Taylor
  • "Too many people say, 'Hear, Lord, for thy servant speaketh.'
    Samuel said. 'Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.'"
    ~ Pettingill
  • "Don’t pray when you feel like it.
    Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
           A man is powerful on his knees."
    ~ Corrie ten Boom
  • "There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying."
    ~ John Lake
  • "Prayer is not learned in the classroom but in the closet."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "God has made gravity a law in one realm,
    He has made prayer a law in a higher realm,
           and it is even greater folly to ignore the latter than the former."
    ~ William Patton
  • "I am proud to be a Christian.
          I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well.
    A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness.
    In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity,
         waves that achieve their goal in front of God."
    ~ Guglielmo Marconi
PAGE 1 - Adoration
  • "Our true character comes out in the way we pray."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "When you pray, remember whose attention you wish to gain."
    ~ Robert Reymond
  • "Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God."
    ~ Andrew Murray
PAGE 2 - Confession
  • "If we rationalize our problems when He points them out,
    we will spend less and less time meditating
            because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives."
    ~ Charles Stanley
PAGE 3 - Thanksgiving
  • "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,
           or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "Reflect upon your present blessings of which all men have many
           – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
    ~ Charles Dickens
  • "A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
    for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
    ~ Henry Ward Beecher
  • "So much has been given to me
    I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied."
    ~ Helen Keller
  • "As a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful.
           He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference.
    One response involves emotions, the other
            your choices, your decisions about a situation,
            your intent, your 'step of faith.'"
    ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
  • "Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact
           of our attitude toward life.
    The longer I live the more convinced I become that
           life is 10 percent what happens to us
           and 90 percent how we respond to it."
    ~ Charles Swindoll
  • "As the Lord loveth a cheerful giver, so likewise a cheerful thanksgiver."
    ~ John Boys
PAGE 3 - Supplication
  • "We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and
      the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety."
    ~ George Muller
  • "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction
           that I had absolutely no other place to go."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "If our minds are stayed upon God,
           His peace will rule the affairs entertained by our minds.
    If, on the other hand, we allow our minds to dwell on the cares of this world,
           God's peace will be far from our thoughts."
    ~ Woodroll Kroll
PAGE 4 - BIBLE Example: Daniel
  • "The highest position, in the greatest and most complicated monarchy,
          did not keep Daniel from daily, frequent supplication."
    ~ Unknown
PAGE 4 - God's Answers to Prayer
  • "He says no in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.
           All His ways with us are merciful. His meaning is always love."
    ~ Elisabeth Elliot
  • "The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer."
    ~ R. A. Torrey
  • "For what God gives I thank indeed;
           What He withholds I do not need."
    ~ Martin Luther
  • "Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons
            who do not use God for our ends
            but are utterly devoted to being used for His ends."
    ~ John Piper
  • "It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions
           when we try to make it a domestic intercom
           to call upstairs for more comforts in the den."
    ~ John Piper
  • "Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part.
       Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine."
    ~ Andrew Murray
  • "I have lived to thank God that not all my prayers have been answered."
    ~ Jean Ingelow
  • “When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
    but often we look so long at the closed door
           that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
    ~ Helen Keller
PAGE 4 - Whom Should We Pray for?
  • "The measure of our love for others can largely be determined
           by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them."
    ~ Arthur Pink
  • "No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me."
    ~ Charles Spurgeon
  • "I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray,
          no matter how much trouble he causes me."
    ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "Do not tell people you will pray for them and then fail to do it.
    That is hypocritical love.
    Genuine love takes the promises of prayer to heart and
           follows through in keeping those promises."
    ~ Alexander Strauch
PAGE 1 - Introduction
  • "Whatever is your best time in the day,
           give that to communion with God."
    ~ Hudson Taylor
  • "Too many people say, 'Hear, Lord, for thy servant speaketh.'
    Samuel said. 'Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.'"
    ~ Pettingill
  • "Don’t pray when you feel like it.
    Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
           A man is powerful on his knees."
    ~ Corrie ten Boom
  • "There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying."
    ~ John Lake
  • "Prayer is not learned in the classroom but in the closet."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "God has made gravity a law in one realm,
    He has made prayer a law in a higher realm,
           and it is even greater folly
           to ignore the latter than the former."
    ~ William Patton
  • "I am proud to be a Christian.
          I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well.
    A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness.
    In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity,
         waves that achieve their goal in front of God."
    ~ Guglielmo Marconi
PAGE 1 - Adoration
  • "Our true character comes out in the way we pray."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "When you pray, remember whose attention you wish to gain."
    ~ Robert Reymond
  • "Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God."
    ~ Andrew Murray
PAGE 2 - Confession
  • "If we rationalize our problems when He points them out,
    we will spend less and less time meditating because
              we won't want to face God in that area of our lives."
    ~ Charles Stanley
PAGE 3 - Thanksgiving
  • "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,
           or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "Reflect upon your present blessings
           of which all men have many
    – not on your past misfortunes,
           of which all men have some."
    ~ Charles Dickens
  • "A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
    for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
    ~ Henry Ward Beecher
  • "So much has been given to me
    I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied."
    ~ Helen Keller
  • "As a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful.
    He's asking you to give thanks.
           There's a big difference.
    One response involves emotions, the other
            your choices, your decisions about a situation,
            your intent, your 'step of faith.'"
    ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
  • "Words can never adequately convey the incredible
           impact of our attitude toward life.
    The longer I live the more convinced I become that
           life is 10 percent what happens to us
           and 90 percent how we respond to it."
    ~ Charles Swindoll
  • "As the Lord loveth a cheerful giver,
           so likewise a cheerful thanksgiver."
    ~ John Boys
PAGE 3 - Supplication
  • "We have to pray with our eyes on God,
           not on the difficulties."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and
      the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety."
    ~ George Muller
  • "I have been driven many times to my knees
           by the overwhelming conviction
           that I had absolutely no other place to go."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "If our minds are stayed upon God,
           His peace will rule the affairs entertained by our minds.
    If, on the other hand, we allow our minds
           to dwell on the cares of this world,
           God's peace will be far from our thoughts."
    ~ Woodroll Kroll
PAGE 4 - BIBLE Example: Daniel
  • "The highest position, in the greatest and most complicated monarchy,
          did not keep Daniel from daily, frequent supplication."
    ~ Unknown
PAGE 4 - God's Answers to Prayer
  • "He says no in order that He may,
           in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.
    All His ways with us are merciful.
    His meaning is always love."
    ~ Elisabeth Elliot
  • "The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer."
    ~ R. A. Torrey
  • "For what God gives I thank indeed;
           What He withholds I do not need."
    ~ Martin Luther
  • "Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "The key to praying with power is to
            become the kind of persons
    who do not use God for our ends
            but are utterly devoted to being used for His ends."
    ~ John Piper
  • "It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when
           we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs
           for more comforts in the den."
    ~ John Piper
  • "Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue;
           God's voice is its most essential part.
    Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance
           that He will listen to mine."
    ~ Andrew Murray
  • "I have lived to thank God that not all my prayers have been answered."
    ~ Jean Ingelow
  • “When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
           but often we look so long at the closed door
    that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
    ~ Helen Keller
PAGE 4 - Whom Should We Pray for?
  • "The measure of our love for others can largely
           be determined by the frequency and earnestness
           of our prayers for them."
    ~ Arthur Pink
  • "No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me."
    ~ Charles Spurgeon
  • "I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray,
          no matter how much trouble he causes me."
    ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "Do not tell people you will pray for them
           and then fail to do it.
    That is hypocritical love.
    Genuine love takes the promises of prayer to heart and
           follows through in keeping those promises."
    ~ Alexander Strauch
PAGE 1 - Introduction
  • "Whatever is your best time in the day,
           give that to communion with God."
    ~ Hudson Taylor
  • "Too many people say, 'Hear, Lord, for thy servant speaketh.'
    Samuel said. 'Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.'"
    ~ Pettingill
  • "Don’t pray when you feel like it.
    Have an appointment with the Lord
           and keep it.
    A man is powerful on his knees."
    ~ Corrie ten Boom
  • "There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying."
    ~ John Lake
  • "Prayer is not learned in the classroom but in the closet."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "God has made gravity a law in one realm,
    He has made prayer a law in a higher realm,
           and it is even greater folly
           to ignore the latter than the former."
    ~ William Patton
  • "I am proud to be a Christian.
    I believe not only as a Christian,
          but as a scientist as well.
    A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness.
    In prayer the human spirit can send
           invisible waves to eternity,
    waves that achieve their goal in front of God."
    ~ Guglielmo Marconi
PAGE 1 - Adoration
  • "Our true character comes out in the way we pray."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "When you pray, remember whose attention you wish to gain."
    ~ Robert Reymond
  • "Some people pray just to pray and
    some people pray to know God."
    ~ Andrew Murray
PAGE 2 - Confession
  • "If we rationalize our problems
            when He points them out,
    we will spend less and less time meditating
            because we won't want to face God
            in that area of our lives."
    ~ Charles Stanley
PAGE 3 - Thanksgiving
  • "We can complain
           because rose bushes have thorns,
    or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "Reflect upon your present blessings
           of which all men have many
    – not on your past misfortunes,
           of which all men have some."
    ~ Charles Dickens
  • "A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
    for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
    ~ Henry Ward Beecher
  • "So much has been given to me
    I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied."
    ~ Helen Keller
  • "As a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful.
    He's asking you to give thanks.
           There's a big difference.
    One response involves emotions, the other
            your choices, your decisions about a situation,
            your intent, your 'step of faith.'"
    ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
  • "Words can never adequately convey the incredible
           impact of our attitude toward life.
    The longer I live the more convinced I become that
           life is 10 percent what happens to us
           and 90 percent how we respond to it."
    ~ Charles Swindoll
  • "As the Lord loveth a cheerful giver,
           so likewise a cheerful thanksgiver."
    ~ John Boys
PAGE 3 - Supplication
  • "We have to pray with our eyes on God,
           not on the difficulties."
    ~ Oswald Chambers
  • "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety."
    ~ George Muller
  • "I have been driven many times to my knees
           by the overwhelming conviction
           that I had absolutely no other place to go."
    ~ Abraham Lincoln
  • "If our minds are stayed upon God,
           His peace will rule the affairs entertained by our minds.
    If, on the other hand, we allow our minds
           to dwell on the cares of this world,
           God's peace will be far from our thoughts."
    ~ Woodroll Kroll
PAGE 4 - BIBLE Example: Daniel
  • "The highest position, in the greatest
           and most complicated monarchy,
    did not keep Daniel from daily, frequent supplication."
    ~ Unknown
PAGE 4 - God's Answers to Prayer
  • "He says no in order that He may,
           in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.
    All His ways with us are merciful.
    His meaning is always love."
    ~ Elisabeth Elliot
  • "The chief purpose of prayer is that
          God may be glorified in the answer."
    ~ R. A. Torrey
  • "For what God gives I thank indeed;
           What He withholds I do not need."
    ~ Martin Luther
  • "Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer."
    ~ E. M. Bounds
  • "The key to praying with power is to
            become the kind of persons
            who do not use God for our ends
    but are utterly devoted
           to being used for His ends."
    ~ John Piper
  • "It is not surprising that
           prayer malfunctions when we try
           to make it a domestic intercom to
    call upstairs for more comforts in the den."
    ~ John Piper
  • "Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue;
           God's voice is its most essential part.
    Listening to God's voice
           is the secret of the assurance
           that He will listen to mine."
    ~ Andrew Murray
  • "I have lived to thank God that
    not all my prayers have been answered."
    ~ Jean Ingelow
  • “When one door of happiness closes,
           another opens;
    but often we look so long at the closed door
    that we do not see the one
           which has been opened for us."
    ~ Helen Keller
PAGE 4 - Whom Should We Pray for?
  • "The measure of our love for others
           can largely be determined
           by the frequency and earnestness
           of our prayers for them."
    ~ Arthur Pink
  • "No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me."
    ~ Charles Spurgeon
  • "I can no longer condemn or hate a brother
         for whom I pray,
    no matter how much trouble he causes me."
    ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "Do not tell people you will pray for them
           and then fail to do it.
    That is hypocritical love.
    Genuine love takes the promises of prayer
           to heart and
    follows through in keeping those promises."
    ~ Alexander Strauch
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