Prayer Is The Key Of Heaven, And Faith Is The Hand That Turns It!

Thomas Watson's choice quotes on PRAYER
(Thomas Watson)

Prayer keeps the heart open to GOD--
but shut to sin.

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Prayer is the key which unlocks 
GOD'S treasures of mercy!

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Prayer is the arrow, and faith is the bow, 
by which our requests go up to Heaven. 
A faithless prayer is a fruitless prayer: 

"The father of the child cried out and 
said with tears: LORD, I believe!" 

When his tear dropped to the earth--
his faith reached Heaven!

It is a saying of one of the ancients, 
"The saints carry the keys of 
Heaven at their belt." 

Prayer opens the door of Heaven, and 
takes the blessings from GOD'S hand!

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GOD comes down to us by HIS SPIRIT--
and we go up to HIM by prayer.

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The tree of the promise will not drop its fruit, 
unless shaken by the hand of prayer.

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That prayer is most likely to pierce Heaven, 
which first pierces one's own heart. Prayer 
without fervency is no prayer. Lifeless 
prayer is no more prayer than the picture 
of a man, is a man.

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A godly man will as soon live 
without food, as without prayer.

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Prayer . . .
  delights GOD'S ear; 
  melts HIS heart;
  and opens HIS hand. 

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"We cry, Abba, FATHER!" 
Romans 8:15
"We cry"--there is the fervency. 
"Abba, Father!"--there is the faith. 

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Fervency in prayer is as fire to the incense--
it makes it ascend to Heaven as a sweet 
perfume. To induce believers to pray in faith, 
let them remember the bountifulness of GOD. 
HE often exceeds the prayers of HIS people: 


Hannah asked a son--
GOD gave her not only a son, but a prophet. 


Solomon asked wisdom--
GOD gave him not only wisdom, 
but riches and honor besides. 


Jacob asked that GOD would give him 
food and clothing, but the LORD increased 
his riches to two bands. 


The woman of Canaan asked but the life 
of her child, but CHRIST not only gave her that--
but the life of her soul also!

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Prayer is the key of Heaven, and faith is the hand that turns it!