“Prayer is the longing of the soul to hold communion with the Most High, the desire of the heart to obtain blessings at His hands.”
-C.H. Spurgeon British Minister 1834-1892

“Faith is the fountain of prayer, and prayer should be nothing else but faith exercised.”
-Thomas Manton English Puritan Minister 1620-1677

“Though God has forgiven and forgotten your past sins, yet don’t forget them yourself. Often remember what a wretched bond slave you were in the land of Egypt. Often bring to mind your particular acts of sin before conversion, as the blessed Apostle Paul is often mentioning his old blaspheming, persecuting, and injuriousness, to the renewed humbling of his heart and acknowledging that he was the least of the apostles, and not worthy to be called an apostle, and the least of saints, and the chief of sinners. And be often in confessing your old sins to God. Also, let this following passage be often in your mind: Then, when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the sovereign LORD. (Ezek. 16:63).”
-Jonathan Edwards American Minister 1703-1758