Craig T. Owens

Some powerful quotes about prayer from Susanna Wesley—

“Make plain to me that no circumstance nor time of life can occur but I may find something either spoken by our Lord Himself or by His Spirit in the prophets or apostles that will direct my conduct, if I am but faithful to You and my own soul.”

“Help me, O Lord, to make a true use of all disappointments and calamities in this life, in such a way that they may unite my heart more closely with You. Cause them to separate my affections from worldly things and inspire my soul with more vigor in the pursuit of true happiness.”

“I thank You, O God, for the relief and satisfaction of mind that come with the firm assurance that You govern the world; for the patience and resignation to your providence that are afforded as I reflect that even the tumultuous and irregular actions of the sinful are, nevertheless, under Your direction, who are wise, good, and omnipotent, and have promised to make all things work together for good to those who love You.”

“Enable me to keep my heart with all diligence, my thoughts and affections, for out of them are the issues of life. How often have I offended in this kind! Cleanse me from secret faults, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Help me to guard against vain and unnecessary words, and to speak of You, my God, with that reverence, that humility, that gravity that I ought.”

“O God, I thank You because, when I have been for some time interrupted in my work and my thoughts of You have been diverted, I have found how pleasing it is to my mind to feel the motions of Your Spirit quickening me and exciting me to return.”

“I give You praise, oh God, for a well-spent day. But I am yet unsatisfied, because I do not enjoy enough of You. I would have my soul more closely united to You by faith and love. I would love You above all things. You, who has made me, knows my desires, my expectations. My joys all center in You and it is You Yourself that I desire; it is Your favor, Your acceptance, the communications of Your grace that I earnestly wish for, more than anything in the world.”