John Bunyan On Prayer

John Bunyan (1628 – 1688), author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, offered these insights regarding prayer:

•  In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

•  Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

•  Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

•  In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for His mercies.

•  The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

•  The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees.  I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

•  To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. 

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