On Prayer
"When men cast off prayer, it is a sign they have cast off God; it is the brand of the apostate."
- Thomas Watson, Puritan Gems, pg 109
"When the heart is inflamed with prayer, a Christian is carried as it were in a fiery chariot up to Heaven."
- Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture, pg 90
"Believers have the Spirit of God breathing in them, and God cannot but hear the cries of His own Spirit."
- Thomas Watson, Puritan Gems, pg 109-110
"It is not the voluble tongue but the melting heart God accepts. 'Oh,' says the Christian, 'I cannot pray like others.' As Moses said to the Lord, 'I am not eloquent.' But can you weep and sigh? Does your soul melt out at your eyes? God accepts broken expressions when they come from broken hearts."
- Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture, pg 90
"When the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession, it pierces the very heavens."
- Thomas Watson, Puritan Gems, pg 17
"To pray in the name of Christ is not only to name Christ in prayer, but to pray in the hope and confidence of Christ's mediation. As a child claims his estate in the right of his father who purchases it, so we come for mercy in the name of Christ, who has purchased it for us in His blood."
- Thomas Watson, The Godly Man's Picture, pg 91
