Spurgeon on prayer

If you are reading this now, read it and meditate on it. I was reminded about the importance of prayer, I believe you'll be compelled to pray after reading this too. God bless you!

Something struck me besides the part about prayer, "David who with all his heart called upon his God." I just want to be a David. To be known as a man who is after God's heart tells us how passionate He is about God. If I even have a Christian namd, I want to be known as David! Jenn David Chia... how does that sound to you?




"Continue in prayer"
- Col_4:2

It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;" and just as we are about to close the volume, the "Amen" of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob-there a Daniel who prayed three times a day-and a David who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of commands, and myriads of promises. What do these examples teach us? Specifically, the sacred importance and neccessity of prayer! We may be certain that whatever stands out prominenty in God's Word is intended to be observable in our lives. If he has said much about prayer, it is because he knows we have much need of it. So deep are our necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to pray. Don't you lack anything? Then, I fear you do not know the extent of your poverty. Don't you have some mercy to ask of God? Then, may the Lord’s mercy show you your misery! A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. If you are a child of God, you will seek thy Father’s face, and live in your Father’s love. Pray that this year you maybe holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter more often into the banqueting-house of his love. Pray that you may be an example and a blessing unto others, and that you may live more to the glory of your Master. The motto for this year must be, "Continue in prayer."

(from Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" Devotions, 2 January. Emphasis are mine).