To give prayer the secondary place is to make God seconday in life's affairs.
No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who does not give much time to praying.
Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man.
The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.
Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, and broadens and strengthens the mind. The prayer closet is a perfect schoolteacher and schoolhouse for the preacher. Thought is not only brightened and clarified in prayer, but thought is born in prayer.