Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. To pray is to

change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian

life than prayer. To enter the gaze of the Holy is never to be

the same. To bathe in the Light in quiet wonder and glad

surrender is to be slowly, permanently transformed. There is a

richer inward orientation, a deep hunger for communion. We feel

as if we are being taken over by a new control Center, and so

we are.- Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity, HarperCollins, 1989, p. 58

God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because

of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His

authority... It is not enough that we be just, that we be

righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also

serve our generation, as David did before he fell asleep. God

hath a work to do; and not to help Him, is to oppose Him.-John Owen (1616-1683), Works of John Owen, v. IX, London: Johnson & Hunter, 1851, Sermon XIII, p. 171

Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine.- C. S. Lewis

God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.-Augustine

There is a language in actions. And in some cases the language of action is much more clear and convincing than words.- Jonathan Edwards, Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, 1741.