“The true Christian life also grows, and it can only do so by daily communing with God. Our life should never run two days on just the same level. The days should be ladder rungs lifting our heart ever a little higher, nearer to God, into purer air, into loftier experiences, into holier consecration. Prayer brings God down into our life. It was when Jesus was praying that He was transfigured. True prayer always transfigures! One who lives habitually with Christ becomes like Christ. Our earthly affairs become means of grace if Christ is with us. Prayer lifts all the experiences of our life and lays them in the hand of Christ, who makes them all work together for our eternal good!” – J.R. Miller
“Prayer holds us close to Christ. We breathe Heaven’s air when we commune with Christ. Life in this sinful world is not easy. It has its struggles, its duties, its difficulties, and its sorrows, which exhaust our strength. Hence, we need continually to return to Christ to have our grace renewed. We cannot live today on yesterday’s food; every morning we must pray for our daily bread. Nor can we be faithful, strong, happy, and helpful Christians today on yesterday’s supply of grace. We need to pray daily. Thus our life is kept from running down, and we are held near our Master all the while.” – J.R. Miller
“In the Christian’s devotional life, prayer has an essential place. The godly men of the Bible were all men of prayer. Jesus, who showed us in Himself the ideal Christian life, had regular habits of prayer. He who would live the Christian life well must regularly commune with God!” - J.R. Miller