The soul is never less alone than when it is alone with God. Samuel Chadwick More Quotes by Samuel Chadwick More Quotes From Samuel Chadwick The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayer-less religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. Samuel Chadwick prayerchristianlaughing 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 motivationprayerphilosophy The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart. Samuel Chadwick secret-placesprayerheart 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 griefprayerheart 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 firechristianphilosophy 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 brokenprayerheart 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 christianmenorder Prayer is the acid test of devotion. Samuel Chadwick acidtestsprayer 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-worldpassionadventure 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 threesoulprayer There is no way to learn to pray but by praying. Samuel Chadwick prayingway A gift without a heart behind it is a bribe. God asks for our heart, not our gifts. Samuel Chadwick asksbehindsheart 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-daysprayingprayer To pray as God would have us pray is the greatest achievement of earth. Samuel Chadwick achievementprayingearth Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort. Samuel Chadwick comfortbrainheart 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 prayerheartwrestling Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters. Samuel Chadwick possessingfirematter 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 sweatprayerpeople 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 compassionbrainheart
