Give yourselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray.
Robert Murray M'CheyneRead
Learn that urgency in prayer does not so much consist in vehement pleading, as in vehement believing. He that believes most the love and power of Jesus will obtain the most in prayer.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The intensity of prayer comes from deep belief rather than desperate pleading.
This quote emphasizes that effective prayer is rooted in genuine faith and conviction in the love and power of Jesus. It suggests that those who truly believe will find their prayers more impactful, as their belief fuels their connection with the divine.
Themes
PrayerFaithBeliefSpiritualityConviction
In practice
Example use cases
During a church sermon emphasizing the importance of faith in prayer.
More from Robert Murray M'Cheyne
All quotes →I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.
Robert Murray M'CheyneRead
Rose early to seek God and found Him whom my soul loveth. Who would not rise early to meet such company?
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I ought to spend the best hours of the day in communion with God. It is my noblest and most fruitful employment, and is not to be thrust into any corner.
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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.
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