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| Illustration Title | Illustration Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Fasting is Feasting | Today in the Word, January 19, 1997, p. 26 | |
| Purposes for Fasting | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for June 14 | |
| Times for Fasting | Calvin, Institutes, IV, 12, 14 | |
| R. A. Torry | Our Daily Bread, November 25, 1998 | |
| Ways to Pray | Excerpted from the Rebirth of America, Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation | |
| Prayer Path | Our Daily Bread, November 18, 1996 | |
| A Definition of Prayer | Source unknown | |
| A Healthy Exercise | Moody's Anecdotes, pp. 54-56 | |
| A Long Apprenticeship | Daily Walk, February 11. | |
| A Necessity | Edward Payson, quoted in Preacher and Prayer, E. M. Bounds, 1907, p. 32 | |
| A Prayer Life Costs | Our Daily Bread, November 17 | |
| A Privilege and an Obligation | Source unknown | |
| A True Story | Common Ground, Vol. 10, No. 7 | |
| Abe Lincoln | Our Daily Bread, June 4, 1997 | |
| Aim of Prayer | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986, page for July 18 | |
| Albert Einstein | Ron Lee Davis, Courage to Begin Again, (Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR; 1978), pp. 169-170 | |
| Alexander the Great | Today in the Word, MBI, August, 1991, p. 19 | |
| An Exercise of Worship | E. Schuyler English, in Our Daily Bread | |
| Andrew Murray | Andrew Murray in With Christ in the School of Prayer. | |
| Andrew Murray | Our Daily Bread, November 13 | |
| Are You at Wits End Corner? | Source unknown | |
| Ask for Great Things | Moody's Anecdotes, p. 10 | |
| Asking | From the Book of 750 Bible and Gospel Studies, 1909, George W Noble, Chicago | |
| Asleep on His Knees | The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 206 | |
| Bill Moyers | Don Oberdorfer in Washington Post, quoted in Reader's Digest, April, 1980 | |
| Cadillac Dealer | The Jokesmith, Bits & Pieces, November 10, 1994, p. 4 | |
| Cattle on a Thousand Hills | Today in the Word, MBI, January, 1990, p. 36 | |
| Cause of Leanness and Unfruitfulness | Richard Newton, source unknown | |
| Charles Spurgeon | The Kneeling Christian, Clarion Classics, 1986, Zondervan Publishing House, pp. 79-80 | |
| Charles Spurgeon | Our Daily Bread, April 24 | |
| Children's Prayers | Reprinted by permission of Thomas Nelson Publishers. From the book Dear Pastor, 1980 by Bill Adler Books, Inc. | |
| Christ Prays for Us! | Our Daily Bread, May 28, 1995 | |
| Count It Done | V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 53 | |
| D. L. Moody | Joseph M. Stowell, "Great is His Faithfulness!," Today in the Word, November, 1998, pp. 2-3 | |
| Deepening Intimacy | Born For Battle, R. Arthur Matthews | |
| Deeper in Prayer | Source unknown | |
| Definition of Prayer | Our Daily Bread, September 16 | |
| Divine Appointment | Why Christians Sin, J. Kirk Johnston, Discovery House, 1992, pp. 39-41 | |
| Efficacy of Prayer | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986, page for July 19 | |
| Elements in Prayer | From the Book of 750 Bible and Gospel Studies, 1909, George W Noble, Chicago | |
| Epitaph | Source unknown | |
| Exhortation To Prayer | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| Extraordinary Prayer | Calvin, Institutes, IV, 12, 14 | |
| Fervency of Spirit | William Law, in J. S. Baxter, Explore the Book, p. 236 | |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Source unknown | |
| Four Principles of Prayer: | Bill Donahue, Leading Life-Changing Small Groups, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1996), pp. 57-58 | |
| Gallop Poll | Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY, Content - The Newsletter, August, 1990, p. 1 | |
| George Mueller 1 | Source unknown | |
| George Mueller 2 | Our Daily Bread, January 13 | |
| George Mueller 3 | Our Daily Bread, February 23 | |
| Giving to Get | Contributed by Brendan P. Edet to Reader's Digest, January 1997, p. 98 | |
| Growing in Prayer | Too Busy Not To Pray, Bill Hybels, IVP, p. 74 | |
| How Important is Faithfulness in Prayer? | Source unknown | |
| Howard Hendricks | Footprints, Howard & Jeanne Hendricks, Multnomah Press, 1981, pp. 16-19 | |
| Hudson Taylor | Our Daily Bread, July 19, 1989 | |
| I Asked God. . . | An unknown Confederate soldier | |
| I Know He Has Answered Prayer | Anonymous, quoted in Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, Ruth Bell Graham, 1991, Focus on the Family Publishing, p. 45. | |
| It Happened Anyway | Jay Kesler, Raising Responsible Kids, Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1991, p. 75 | |
| Jesus and Prayer | Haddon Robinson, Focal Point | |
| John Knox | Our Daily Bread. April 11 | |
| Jonathan Edwards | Jonathan Edwards, 1742 | |
| Liturgy | From Exegesis and Exposition, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall, 1988) p. 55. | |
| Looking Upwards In A Storm | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| Martin Luther | Robert Murray McCheyne, source unknown | |
| Martin Luther | Martin Luther, source unknown | |
| Mau Mau Uprising | Touch the World Through Prayer, W. Duewel, OMS, pp. 85-6 | |
| Measuring Faith Attitudes | Source: Barna Research Group, by Monica Seaberry and Mike Paquette, 1998 Religion News Service, quoted in Moody, July/August, 1998, p. 37 | |
| Men of Prayer | Preacher and Prayer, E. M. Bounds, 1907, pp. 5,7 | |
| Misdirected Prayers | Jack Lewis, Spokane, WA | |
| Missionary's Prayer | Source unknown | |
| Morning Prayer | Source unknown | |
| My Burdens | Source unknown | |
| Naughty Child | Jean McMahon (Dyer, Ind.) in Reader's Digest, April 1980 | |
| No Short Cuts | Warren Wiersbe, God Isn't In a Hurry, (Baker Books; Grand Rapids, MI, 1994), p. 14 | |
| No Time to Pray | Source unknown | |
| On Opening a Place for Social Prayer | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| One Day at a Time | Source unknown | |
| Pastor Joe Wright's Prayer | Pastor Joe Wright | |
| Physicians Believe in the Power of Prayer | Parade, Spokesman-Review, December 1, 1996, p. 18. | |
| Poll on Prayer | Sources: Poloma and Gallup, "Varieties of prayer": Greeley, Norc, Newsweek: January 6, 1992 | |
| Postures of Prayer | Our Daily Bread , March 10 | |
| Power of Prayer in Salvation | Henry G. Bosch, Our Daily Bread, March-May, 1996, p. for April 3 | |
| Pray On | Our Daily Bread, October 23 | |
| Prayer a Privilege | Our Daily Bread | |
| Prayer Answered | Faith Prayer & Tract League, Grand Rapids, MI | |
| Prayer for Missionary | Touch the World Through Prayer, W. Duewel, OMS, p. 85 | |
| Prayer Habits of Famous Men | Christ Life Newsletter | |
| Prayer Involves. . . | Divine Healing Today, Richard Mayhue, Moody Press, pp. 102 ff. | |
| Prayer is Nourishment | Oswald Chambers, Christian Personal Ethics, C. F. H. Henry, Eerdmans, 1957, pp. 573ff | |
| Prayer is Requesting | C. S. Lewis in The World's Last Night, quoted in Christianity Today, January 11, 1993, p. 34 | |
| Prayer Lives of Famous Men | Morning Glory, Sept.-Oct., 1997, p. 29. | |
| Prayer of Surrender | E. Stanley Jones, in Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome, K Hughes, Tyndale, 1988, p. 73 | |
| Prayer: Not a Dreamy Reverie | J. Oswald Sanders, Cultivation of Christian Character, (Moody Press, Chicago; 1965), pp. 110-111 | |
| Prayers from Prison Camp | Our Daily Bread, December 29, 1993 | |
| Prayers of the Unsaved | ||
| Praying Hyde 1 | You Can Win!, Roger F. Campbell, 1985, SP Publications, pp. 17-18. | |
| Praying Hyde 2 | The Kneeling Christian, Clarion Classics, 1986, Zondervan Publishing House, pp. 60-61 | |
| Prerequisites for Answered Prayer | Bill Donahue, Leading Life-Changing Small Groups, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1996), p. 58 | |
| Quotes | ||
| Redskins Coach, Joe Gibbs | New Man, July/August, 1994, p. 10 | |
| Restitution | Moody's Anecdotes, pp. 49-50 | |
| Revival | Oliver Price, Revival Insights, Vol. III, No. 4 | |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | Our Daily Bread, June 15 | |
| Safe Only on Your Knees | Source unknown | |
| Satan's Temptation | George Mueller in A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Mueller | |
| Say a Prayer | Source unknown | |
| Secular View of Prayer | Our Daily Bread, December 21, 1994 | |
| SFO General Hospital | Adopted From Chicago Sun-Times | |
| Silent Prayer | Our Daily Bread, December 12 | |
| Someone Prayed | Source unknown | |
| Teaching Children to Pray | S. Briscoe, Getting into God, p. 55 | |
| Tennyson | Source unknown | |
| The Answered Prayers | V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 103 | |
| The Best | George MacDonald in George MacDonald, An Anthology, p. 130 | |
| The Bible's Example | John Bunyan, in Pilgrim's Prayer Book | |
| The Compass | Martin J. Shannon in The Wall Street Journal | |
| The House of Prayer Mark 11:17 | Olney Hymns, by William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| The Link | Source unknown | |
| The Lord's Prayer | Source unknown | |
| The Preacher and Prayer | Preacher and Prayer, E. M. Bounds, 1907, p. 13 | |
| The Spirit's Assistance in Prayer | J. Oswald Sanders, Cultivation of Christian Character, (Moody Press, Chicago; 1965), pp. 105-107 | |
| The Tavern | Why Christians Sin, J. K. Johnston, Discovery House, 1992, p. 129 | |
| Things to Pray for | The Scocaster, Vol. 40, No. 10, March 7, 1999, p. 3 | |
| Traveling on My Knees | Sandra Goodwin, Source unknown | |
| Types of Prayer | Source: Poloma and Gallup, "Varieties of Prayer," Newsweek, January 6, 1992. | |
| Uniqueness of Prayer Life | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986, page for June 3 | |
| What do We Rely On? | A. C. Dixon, in Evangelism, A Biblical Approach, M. Cocoris, Moody, 1984, p. 108 | |
| What if God Had an Answering Machine? | Source unknown | |
| What we Don't Ask For | Baptist Challenge, 12/81 | |
| What's the Difference? | Source unknown | |
| When We Pray, Coincidences Happen | David Watson, Called & Committed, (Harold Shaw Publishers, Wheaton, IL; 1982), p. 83 | |
| When We Should Pray | David Watson, Called & Committed, (Harold Shaw Publishers, Wheaton, IL; 1982), pp. 92-95 | |
| When You Pray, Remember. . . | William Barclay, quoted in Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, Ruth Bell Graham, 1991, Focus on the Family Publishing, p. 100 | |
| Why Pray? | George MacDonald, Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome, K Hughes, Tyndale, 1988, p. 72 | |
| William Carey | Source unknown | |
| You Must Wait | Source unknown | |
| Josh McDowell | Our Daily Bread, September 18 | |
| Just a Tiny Little Child | Source unknown | |
| Missionary to Mongolia | Our Daily Bread, December 8 | |
| Ocean Voyage | Our Daily Bread, April 16 | |
| The Hot Water Bottle | Our Daily Bread, March 18 | |
| Watchman Nee | You Can Win!, Roger F. Campbell, 1985, SP Publications, pp. 35-36 | |
| Barking Dog | J.U., Spokane, WA | |
| C. S. Lewis | Quoted in Disappointment With God, Philip Yancey, Zondervan, p. 208 | |
| Hindrances to Prayer | Days of Praise, Dec. 5, 1998 | |
| Norman Vincent Peale | John Lavender, Why Prayers are Unanswered | |
| Ted Turner | Spokesman-Review, May 1, 1990 | |
| Unanswered Prayers | Source unknown | |
| Renewal Movement | Christianity Today, April 6, 1979 | |
| Children's Prayers | Source unknown | |
| Good Night, God | Source unknown | |
| Prayers of Famous Men | Sources unknown | |
| Andrew Bonar | Keith L. Brooks, Essential Themes, (Moody Press, Chicago; 1974), p. 6 | |
| Be Still and Cool in Thy Own Mind | Source unknown | |
| Get Away from Your Work | Source Unknown | |
| Greatest Spiritual Challenges | Discipleship Journal, 11-12/92 | |
| I Met God in the Morning | Author Unknown | |
| Interruptions: The Biggest Enemy of Creativity | Management Digest, Vol. 1, No. 4 (July, 1989) | |
| Let Me Meet You | Norman Shirk, April 10, 1981, KQ (Dallas Seminary) | |
| Morning and Evening Prayer | Charles Spurgeon, in Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 235 | |
| Noise Affects Human Behavior | Source Unknown | |
| Overcrowded Conditions | Swindoll, Quest For Character, pp. 35-36 | |
| Quotes | ||
| Retirement | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| Shut The Door to Turn on the Light | Our Daily Bread | |
| The Quiet Hour | Spokesman-Review, January 6, 1985, p. E3 | |
| Well Worn Path | Today in the Word, June 29, 1992 |
