“Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.”
B. B. Warfield (from a story he was telling about D.L. Moody)

“I believe that prayer is the measure of the man, spiritually, in a way that nothing else is, so that how we pray is as important a question as we can ever face.“
J. I. Packer

He loves thee too little, who loves anything together with thee, which he loves not for thy sake. – Augustine

How the Early Christians pray for Everything for Joy

The early Christains called on God:

•    To exalt his name in the world.
•    To extend his kingdom in the world.
•    For the fullness of Holy Spirit
•    To save unbelievers
•    For healing
•    For Strategic wisdom
•    For unity and harmony in the ranks
•    To help them know HIM better
•    Comprehend the love of Christ
•    For a deeper sense of assured hope
•    For strength and endurance
•    For their faith to be preserved
•    That they might not fall into temptation
•    To complete their resolves and enable them to do good works
•    For forgiveness for their sins
•    For protection from the evil one.

Jeff Mobley started doing quotes on his blog so I thought maybe I will do one on occasion. I came across this quote in some of the reading I am doing.

Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate… Let the Christian rest content with his worldliness . . . Let him be comforted and rest assured in his possession of grace—for grace alone does everything. Instead of following Christ, let the Christian enjoy the consolations of his grace! That is what we mean by cheap grace… The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ… We… have gathered like eagles round the carcass of cheap grace, and there we have drunk of the poison which has killed the life of following Christ.