Prayer is not the flare gun of the desperate or room service for the indulgent. It is the confidence of the adopted.—@SamAllberry
D.L. Moody once visited Spurgeon at London's Metropolitan Tabernacle.
Upon his return to America, he was asked, “Did you hear Spurgeon preach?”
Moody replied, “Yes, but even better, I got to hear him pray.”
Lord, teach us to pray and to delight in hearing Your people pray.
By nature we all desire imperious power, so that no one is willing to submit himself to another. - John Calvin, Commentary on Titus 3:1
God gives us garments, and there are some who use
their very garments for nothing else but pride, and who
go through the world with no motive but display.
--C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892),
_Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit_, Volume 38 [1892]
http://www.spurgeon.us/mind_and_heart/quotes/m2.htm#modesty
As common as this sin of ingratitude is, there is nothing we ought more earnestly to pray against. For what is more absolutely condemned in holy scripture than ingratitude?- George Whitefield@WhitefieldG
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