| PRAYER - Length | 禱告 - 長度 |
| God looks not at the pomp of words and variety of
expression, but at the sincerity and devotion of the heart. The key opens the door,
not because it is gilt but because it fits the lock. 上帝看重的不是詞藻的華麗多變，而是內心的誠實及敬虔。鑰匙能開門並不是因為鑰匙迷人，而是因為正好適合鎖孔。 |
| Lay no weight on the
quantity of your prayers; that is to say, how long or how many they are. These
things avail nothing with God, by whom prayers are not measured, but weighed. Thomas Boston 不要增加你的禱告的重量；也就是說不要看重禱告多長、內容多寡。這些事情對上帝而言無絲毫用處。對上帝而言，禱告不是看長度而是看份量。 |
| The worth of a prayer is not gauged by its
dimensions. Robert Murray M'Cheyne 禱告的價值並非取決於禱告範圍的大小。 |
| It is necessary to draw near
unto God, but it is not required of you to prolong your speech till everyone is longing to
hear the word 'Amen'. C. H. Spurgeon 我們的確需要親近上帝，可是這並非意味你需要拉長你的禱告直到每個人都十分期待聽到結束的「阿們」。 |