Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit. Samuel Chadwick More Quotes by Samuel Chadwick More Quotes From Samuel Chadwick There is no way of learning to pray but by praying. No reasoned philosophy of prayer ever taught a soul to pray. We know not what we should pray for as we ought, and if prayer waits for understanding it will never begin. We discover by using. We learn by practice. Though a man should have all knowledge about prayer, and though he should understand all mysteries about prayer, unless he prays he will never learn to pray. Samuel Chadwick motivation prayer philosophy The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart. Samuel Chadwick secret-places prayer heart Great grief prays with great earnestness. Prayer is not a collection of balanced phrases; it is the pouring out of the soul. What is love if it be not fiery? What are prayers if the heart be not ablaze? They are the battles of the soul. In them men wrestle with principalities and powers... Samuel Chadwick grief prayer heart Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, are things Christ unsparingly condemned. Destitute of fire, they are nothing more than a godless philosophy, an ethical system, and a superstition. Samuel Chadwick fire christian philosophy The prayer that prevails is not the work of lips and fingertips. It is the cry of a broken heart and the travail of a stricken soul. Samuel Chadwick broken prayer heart The soul is never less alone than when it is alone with God. Samuel Chadwick alone-with-god soul Hurry is the death of Prayer. Samuel Chadwick prayer The Church is the Body of Christ begotten, unified, and indwelt by the Spirit, but forgetting the Spirit, men wrangle over limbs, functions, and orders. The Christian religion is hopeless without the Holy Ghost. Samuel Chadwick christian men order Prayer is the acid test of devotion. Samuel Chadwick acid tests prayer The Holy Spirit cannot conquer the world with unbelief, nor can He save the world with a worldly Church. He calls for a crusade, a campaign, and an adventure of saving passion. For this enterprise He wants a separated, sanctified and sacrificial people. Samuel Chadwick conquer-the-world passion adventure The great souls who became mighty in prayer and rejoiced to spend three and four hours a day alone with God were once beginners. Samuel Chadwick three soul prayer There is no way to learn to pray but by praying. Samuel Chadwick praying way A gift without a heart behind it is a bribe. God asks for our heart, not our gifts. Samuel Chadwick asks behinds heart In these days there is no time to pray; but without time, and a lot of it, we shall never learn to pray. Samuel Chadwick these-days praying prayer To pray as God would have us pray is the greatest achievement of earth. Samuel Chadwick achievement praying earth Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort. Samuel Chadwick comfort brain heart intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force. Samuel Chadwick prayer heart wrestling Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters. Samuel Chadwick possessing fire matter The reason so many people do not pray is because of its cost. The cost is not so much in the sweat of agonizing supplication as in the daily fidelity to the life of prayer. Samuel Chadwick sweat prayer people Compassion costs. It is easy enough to argue, criticize and condemn, but redemption is costly, and comfort draws from the deep. Brains can argue, but It takes heart to comfort. Samuel Chadwick compassion brain heart
