- Best praying is the difference done from devotion and not duty, the difference in a life lived in liberty and one lived legally! Good to pray because one has to than not pray at all, but better to pray because one wants to above all!
- If all one's praying is primarily performed in public, it is safe to say their personal relationship with the Saviour is poor at best, if existent at all. The Master is best met in personal privacy where no one sees but Him.
- Devotional praying edifies the soul, but deeper prayer electrifies the spirit.
- See prayer as the net that catches every thought and brings it into submission to Christ in one who walks in obedience, abiding in His love. (II Co.10:5; John 15)
- God is so vast His creation cannot contain Him, yet so focused He can live within you. He is the centrality of all life. So, see God so great that when you enter His Presence you discover He was there all the while, and from His presence you can never go. Though your words may cease, His spirit goes with you, only to meet you again the next time you turn to Him, there all the while. He is that close—a friend that sticks closer than a brother. What an awesome companion! God at your side, no matter where you are! (Ps.139; Heb.13:5)
- If you are not your own but have been bought with a price to glorify Him through your body, should not your words then be composed by His Holy Spirit and not by yourself alone? If it were not for His Spirit, you would not be able to speak at all! "The preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord" (Prov.16:1). Therefore, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer" should be the preface to your every prayer (Ps.19:14).
- When praying, remember, the breath you use to form the words you pray is holy, therefore, your words lifted to Him should be a holy sacrifice. Allow His breath which formed you, and resides within you by which you speak, be joined with Him by the words you choose. So, choose words from your heart, for those alone will He hear.
- Remember, too, the words you choose will determine the course of your soul in life (Hosea 13:1 & 14:2). Words chosen apart from God will lead you astray from Him. Words chosen in mind of God—His Kingdom and its righteousness—will direct your steps toward Him, and, in the end, bring you peace. So, be careful in choosing your words, or, what you ask!