Trustworthy Wisdom@Work
A Repository of Wisdom from Trusted Sources
More praying, and better praying, is the key to the whole matter. The more time we spend in prayer, and the more preparations we make to meet God, the...
“Prayer has an incredible power to arrest and change the purposes of God. The stroke of His power is relieved by the prayers of righteous men. . . Everything...
“Ask of Me. That is the condition—God desires a praying people, willing and obedient. Under this universal and simple promise, men and women of old laid themselves out before...
The prayers of God's saints are the capital stock in heaven by which Christ carries on His great work upon the earth. Great throes and mighty convulsions in the...
Faith and prayer select the subjects to be prayed for, thus determining what God is to do. “He shall have whatsoever he saith.” Christ is ready to supply exactly...
Genuine, authentic faith must be definite and free of doubt. It is not general in character or a mere belief in the being, goodness, and power of God. It...
Fear not, O tempted and tried believer, Jesus will come, if patience is exercised and faith holds fast. His delay will serve to make His coming more richly blessed....
“Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for — believe that you have received them, and you will have them.” (Mark 11:24) Is faith growing...
Whenever a study of the principles of prayer is made, lessons concerning faith must accompany it. Faith is the essential quality in the heart of any man who desires...
God’s great fatherly willingness—that God’s willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God’s ability, goodness,...
“From one point of view, and that not the least important,” wrote Principal Lindsay, in The Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries, “the history of the church...
Prayer is mighty in its operations, and God never disappoints those who put their trust and confidence in Him. They may have to wait long for the answer, and...
The purpose of asking is to receive. The aim of seeking is to find. The goal of knocking is to arouse attention and get in. This is Christ’s iterated...
The man who truly prays gets from God many things denied to the prayerless man. The aim of all real praying is to get the thing prayed for, as...