Some quotes on prayer

From Paul Miller's "A Praying Life"

"Helplessness is a door to God. The gospel uses my weakness as the door to God's grace. This is how grace works"

"Oddly enough, many people struggle to learn how to pray because they are focusing on praying, not on God."

"Jesus is not just the Savior of my soul. He's also the Savior of my prayers."

"Suffering is God's gift to make us aware of our contingent existence."

"Both the child and the cynic walk through the valley of the shadow of death. The cynic focuses on the valley and the child focuses on the shepherd."

"Even when the father turns his back on him, Jesus trusts. Faced with the storms of life, he tightens his grip on the father."

"Pray yourself into prayer" -Don Carson

"We are like naughty boys who ring the door bell and run away." -Don Carson

"God trains us in the school of answer delayed. he does this to teach us perseverance." -Andrew Murray

"Its as thought the promises of god are waiting on our prayers to release them." -Andrew Murray