We must pray to learn to pray

We must pray to learn to pray

Authors:  Johnson and Pearl, Bible teachers and founders of: 
The Pure Gospel and Revival website
www.repent-pray-revival.org

2022/5/4

Main scriptures：

• 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV  “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.。

• Luke 18:1 NIV   The Parable of the Persistent Widow
  “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.”

• Colossians 4:2 King James Version
  “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.”

• Ephesians 6:18  NIV
  “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

“Prayer is the greatest power and privilege that God could ever give to His children.   To neglect this power and privilege is the greatest ignorance and tragedy.”  －Johnson and Pearl

“The most important lesson Christians can learn is how to pray.”  －E.M. Bounds

“We must learn to pray, and we must pray to learn to pray.”  －Leonard Ravenhill

“The more Christians pray, the more the Holy Spirit teaches us how to pray and  what to pray.”  －Johnson and Pearl

“You can read all the manuals on prayer and listen to other people pray, but until you begin to pray yourself you will never understand prayer. It’s like riding a bicycle or swimming: you learn by doing.” – Luis Palau

“Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.”  －E. M. Bounds

“The man who can get believers to praying would, under God, usher in the greatest revival that the world has ever known.”  ― Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries

“No Christian can successfully deny self and crucify his flesh without putting prayer first thing every morning.”     －Johnson and Pearl

“Every Christian must obey God’s word and pray in order to deny self(1), crucify the flesh(2), stop sinning(3), get answers to prayer(4), continue in sanctification(5), and pray down revival(6).”  －Johnson and Pearl

Psalm 119:9  King James Version
“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy word.”

Psalm 119:9 Contemporary English Version
“Young people can live a clean life by obeying Your word.”

“I look at a stonecutter hammering away at a rock 100 times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two. It was not the one blow that did it, but all that had gone before. So it is with persevering prayer.” – George Muller

“It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer.”  – George Müller

“Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.”   -Andrew Murray

“Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part.”   -Andrew Murray

 

“Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.” -George Whitefield