The Promises Of God For Those Who Will Pray

The promises of God for those who will pray and believe what He has said are wonderful and lavish.

“Ask and it will be given to you” Matthew 7:7

“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Matthew 21:22

“Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24

These promises are extravagant. If only we would believe what God has said. When we consider what God has said is available to those who will pray it is astonishing that we devote so little time to this Holy occupation.

Time Spent In Prayer

"Time spent in prayer will yield more than that given to work. Prayer alone gives work its worth and its success. Prayer opens the way for God Himself to do His work in us and through us. Let our chief work as God's messengers be intercession; in it we secure the presence and power of God to go with us." Andrew Murray

Great People Who Pray

“The great people of the earth today are the people who pray!  I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor those who explain prayer; but I mean those who actually take the time to pray. They have not time. It must be taken from something else.  

That something else is important, very important and pressing, but still, less important and pressing than prayer. 

There are people who put prayer first, and group the other items in life's schedule around and after prayer. These are the people today who are doing the most for God in winning souls, in solving problems, in awakening churches, in supplying both men and money for mission posts, in keeping fresh and strong their lives far off in sacrificial service on the foreign field, where the thickest fighting is going on, and in keeping the old earth sweet a little while longer.”  
S.D. Gordon (Emphasis added)