| PRAYER - Essence | 禱告 - 要素 |
| Effective prayer is a quartet - the Father, the Son,
the Spirit and the Christian. 有果效的禱告是四重奏 - 父、子、聖靈及基督徒。 |
| Prayer is not so much
submitting our needs to God but submitting ourselves to him. 禱告不只是將我們的需要交給上帝，而是將我們自己交給上帝。 |
| The real secret of prayer is secret prayer. 禱告的真正秘訣在於密室中的禱告。 |
| Prayer is the wing wherewith
the soul flies to heaven and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. Ambrose 禱告是使靈魂飛上高天的羽翼，沈思默想則是讓我們看見上帝的眼睛。 |
| Prayer is something more than asking God to run
errands for us. 禱告的意義遠超過叫上帝為我們跑腿辦事。 |
| When you pray, there is a
clash of arms in the heavenly sphere. 當你禱告時，天上兩軍正在交鋒。 |
| Between the humble and contrite heart and the
majesty of heaven there are no barriers. The only password is prayer. H. Ballou 在謙卑、懺悔心靈和天上大軍王之間並沒有阻礙。唯一的口令就是禱告。 |
| Talking to men for God is a
great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still. E. M. Bounds 為上帝向人說話是件大事，而為人向上帝說話卻是無比寂靜。 |
| A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish
turned Godward. Phillips Brooks 禱告最簡單的定義就是朝向上帝的一個許願。 |
| He who wants anything from
God must approach him with empty hands. Robert Cunningham 那些想從上帝得到東西的人必須空手來到上帝面前。 |
| God is still on the throne, we're still on his
footstool, and there's only a knee's distance between. Jim Elliot 上帝仍然在祂的寶座上，我們也仍然在祂的腳凳上，中間的距離只有一膝之隔。 |
| The Bible is a letter God
has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him. Matthew Henry 聖經是上帝送給我們的信；禱告是我們送給上帝的信。 |
| The greatest of men must turn beggars when they have
to do with Christ. Matthew Henry 縱然是最偉大的人在提及基督之時也當成為一個乞丐。 |
| Prayer is a summit meeting
in the throne room of the universe. Ralph A. Herring 禱告是在宇宙皇室內舉行的一個高峰會。 |
| Prayer is a time exposure of the soul to God. E. Stanley Jones 禱告是將自己心靈向上帝陳明的時間。 |
| Prayer is the nearest
approach to God and the highest enjoyment of him that we are capable of in this world. William Law 禱告是最親近上帝的途徑，也是我們在這世上能夠得到的與上帝同在的最大喜樂。 |
| For what is prayer in the last analysis? It is
a conscious spreading out of my helplessness before God. Al Martin 在最後的分析裡，禱告是甚麼呢？是明白的將自己的無助在上帝面前攤開。 |
| We talk about heaven being
so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. D. L. Moody 我們提到天國的距離是如此遙遠。但對屬於天國的人而言，只是相談的距離而已。 |
| The great secret of a right waiting upon God is to
be brought down to utter impotence. Andrew Murray 正確等候上帝的秘訣在於降卑至全然無助。 |
| Prayer is a swift messenger,
which in the twinkling of an eye can go and return with an answer from heaven. William S. Plumer 禱告是敏捷的使者，能夠在一眨眼間來回並帶著來自高天的回覆。 |
| Prayer prompted by the Holy Spirit is the footfall
of the divine decree. C. H. Spurgeon 聖靈激動的禱告是上帝命令的腳步聲。 |
| The goal of prayer is the
ear of God. C. H. Spurgeon 禱告的目標是上帝的耳朵。 |
| Could we be content to meet a loved one only in
public? J. Hudson Taylor 我們能夠滿足於在公眾場合與所愛的人見面嗎？ |
| The chief purpose of prayer
is that God may be glorified in the answer. R. A. Taylor 禱告最主要的目標是上帝在回覆我們的禱告中得榮耀。 |
| The pulse of prayer is praise. The heart of
prayer is gratitude. The voice of prayer is obedience. The arm of prayer is
service. William A. Ward 禱告的脈搏是讚美。禱告的心是感恩。禱告的聲音是順服。禱告的手臂是服事。 |
| Prayer is the key of heaven;
faith is the hand that turns it. Thomas Watson 禱告是開啟天國的鑰匙；信心是轉動鑰匙的手。 |
| Prayer is not something that I do; prayer is
something that I am. Warren Wiersbe 禱告不是在於我做甚麼；禱告在於我是甚麼。 |
| Prayer is not eloquence, but
earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it. Hannah More 禱告不是滔滔不絕的口才，而是殷切之情；不是去說明自己的無助，而是切身感受無助。 |
| Prayer is less about changing the world than it is
about changing ourselves. David J. Wolpe 祈禱不是為了改變世界，而是為了改變我們。 |