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Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.
The main thing that God asks for is our attention.
I have discovered an astonishing truth. God is attracted to weaknesses.
Faith never denies reality but leaves room for God to grant a new reality.
Anything, and I mean anything, becomes a blessing if it drives us to prayer.
Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.
To be a Christian, you can’t go with the flow. You have to go by the Word of God.
When we see only what we want to see in the Bible, it loses all power to transform us.
O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.
The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.
The fact that we were created to enjoy God and to worship him forever is etched upon our souls
When we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward, not backward
I despair at the thought that my life might slip by without God showing Himself mighty in my life.
I knew God wanted to do much more...and he would, if we provided good soil in which he could work.
Trouble is one of God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the Lord.
I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.
Oh, how we need to wake up to the fact that the Holy Spirit’s blessing and power is the key to everything.
Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.
No matter what I preach or what we claim to believe in our heads, the future will depend upon our times of prayer.
The more we pray, the more we sense our need to pray. And the more we sense a need to pray, the more we want to pray.
He (God) is not looking for smart people, because He is the smart one. All he wants are people simple enough to trust him.
The apostles had this instinct: When in trouble, pray. When intimidated, pray. When challenged, pray. When persecuted, pray!
Doesn’t the God who created the universe out of nothing and put all the stars in place, have the power to take care of your situation?
What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are almost extinct?
It's not about being a Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, or 5-Point Calvinist. God has only one family and, as Christians, we're in it!
We need to realize that the promises that overflow our Bibles will overflow into our own lives only as we appropriate them through prayer.
It may not seem obvious at first glance, but the way we make decisions in life tells a lot about the kind of faith we have in Jesus Christ.
The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But if you have both, you grow up.
By not forgiving, by not letting wrongs go, we aren't getting back at anyone. We are merely punishing ourselves by barricading our own hearts.
I discovered an astonishing truth: God is attracted to weakness. He cannot resist those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need him.
The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God.
The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."
God is more powerful than anybody's past, no matter how wretched. He can make us forget - not by erasing the memory but by taking the sting and paralyzing effect out of it
The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.
The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The church is a spiritual organism fighting spiritual battles: only spiritual power can make it perform as God ordained.
Every time we open the Bible, let's stop and pray, whether for fifteen seconds or fifteen minutes, asking the Spirit to teach us. When I read the Bible, I want God to talk to my soul.
In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about.
People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.
Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times there is simply no other way.
God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people he loves under anointing power of the Holy Spirit to produce results that only he can bring about.
For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable message here: Jesus is not terribly impressed with religious commercialism
The Bible does say, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." Preaching, music, the reading of the Word-these things are fine-but they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling.
The key is not money; organization, cleverness, or education. Are you and I seeing the results Peter saw? Are we bringing thousands of men and women to Christ the way he did? If not, we need to get back to His power source.
You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who comes on Sunday night. But you can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to the prayer meeting.
The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb-- what can you say? Only a supernatural God could accomplish that.
The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The key is not $, organization, cleverness or education. No matter the society or culture, the city or town, God has never lacked the power to work through available people to glorify his name.
Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If I say, "I ought to pray," I will soon run out of motivation and quit; the flesh is too strong. I have to be driven to pray.
God says to us, "Pray, because I have all kinds of things for you; and when you ask, you will receive. I have all this grace, and you live with scarcity. Come unto me, all you who labor. Why are you so rushed? Where are you running now? Everything you need, I have."
Let's forget the novelties. If we prevail in prayer, God will do only what he can do. How he does things, when he does them, and in what manner are up to him. The name of Jesus, the power of his blood, and the prayer of faith have never lost their power over the centuries.