| PRAYER - Hindrances | 禱告 - 攔阻 |
| No man can pray scripturally who prays selfishly. 發自私慾的禱告不會是合乎聖經的禱告。 |
| Never tell me a humble heart
where I see a stubborn knee. Thomas Adams 在我看到一副頑固膝蓋之處別告訴我那兒有個謙卑的心腸。 |
| Prayer that costs nothing is worth nothing; it is
simply a by-product of a cheap Christianity. 未付代價的禱告是毫無價值的禱告；那只是廉價基督教的副產品而已。 |
| Some people treat God as
they do a lawyer; they go to him only when they are in trouble. 有些人對待上帝就像對待律師一樣；只有在遇到問題時才找上門來。 |
| Nothing whatever can atone for the neglect of
praying. E. M. Bounds 沒有任何東西能彌補忽略禱告。 |
| The little estimate we put
on prayer is evident from the little time we give to it. E. M. Bounds 從我們只用一點時間禱告可以看出我們對禱告的低估。 |
| Most of modern man's troubles stem from too much
time on his hands and not enough on his knees. Ivern Boyett 現代人大部分的問題出自於用手的時間太多，用膝蓋的時間不足。 |
| Cold prayers do always
freeze before they reach to heaven. Thomas Brooks 冷冷的禱告早在上達天聽之前就凍住了。 |
| He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely
find him the rest of the day. John Bunyan 在大清早逃離上帝的人很難在這一天找到上帝。 |
| Hurry is the death of
prayer. Samue Chadwick 匆忙是禱告之死。 |
| Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom
effective in their aims. William Cowper 冷淡的禱告就像冷淡的求婚者，很少有效達到目的。 |
| Prayer is never an excuse
for laziness. Gerald B. Griffiths 禱告永遠不是偷懶的藉口。 |
| Satan rocks the cradle when we sleep at our
devotions. Joseph Hall 當我們在靈修時瞌睡，正是撒旦在搖搖籃。 |
| It is not much praying that
is condemned...but much speaking; the danger of this error is when we only say our
prayers, not when we pray them. Mathew Henry 受責備的不是禱告太多...而是說得太多；這個錯謬的危險在於我們只是在說我們的禱詞，而不是在禱告。 |
| If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning,
the devil gets the victory through the day. Martin Luther 如果我每天早上無法禱告兩小時，魔鬼在這一整天都會得勝。 |
| Means without prayer is
presumption. Prayer without means is tempting God. Al Martin 有方法而不禱告是僭越。有禱告而沒有方法是試探上帝。 |
| Beware in your prayer above everything of limiting
God, not only by unbelief but by fancying that you know what he can do. Andrew Murray 當心你的禱告限制上帝，不只是因為不信而且是出於自己的想像以為明白上帝能做甚麼。 |
| The self-sufficient do not
pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. Leonard Ravenhill 自給自足的人不要禱告，自我滿足不想禱告，自以為義的不會禱告。 |
| Many people pray for things that can only come by
work and work for things that can only come by prayer. W. E. Sangster 許多人祈求得著只能藉著工作才能得著的東西，而為那些只能藉著祈禱而得的東西努力工作。 |
| Prayer without love has no
suction. It does not draw the blessing down. W. E. Sangster 沒有愛心的禱告沒有吸引力。這樣的禱告無法將上帝的賜福吸引下來。 |
| Yank some of the groans out of your prayers, and
shove in some shouts. Billy Sunday 把你禱告裡頭的呻吟拔出來，再加些呼喊進去。 |
| When we become too glib in
prayer we are almost certainly talking to ourselves. A. W. Tozer 當我們在禱告時變得口齒伶俐、油腔滑調時，我們幾乎可以說是在自言自語了。 |
| It is foolish to pray against sin and then sin
against prayer. John Trapp 先祈禱能對抗罪，接著就犯罪違背我們的禱告，這是何等的愚蠢。 |
| Lifeless prayer is no more
prayer than the picture of a man is a man. Thomas Watson 沒有生命的禱告不啻是相片中的人像而已。 |