Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.
prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.
If you pray more you will pray better.
A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.
If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.
The character of our praying will determine the character of our preaching. Light praying makes light preaching.
Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your spirit grow weary. Besides, a good prayer mustn't be too long. Do not draw it out. Prayer ought to be frequent and fervent.
Some of the qualities of # God must be merged into us before our # prayers can be fit for His acceptance.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
