“How can you find a godly mate, raise your children in the Lord, and do your work for the glory of God without prayer? All things in life, from marriage to meals down to the hour of death, are sanctified by prayer and the Word (1 Tim 4:4-5). Petitions are our sails, and the Spirit provides the wind. Without the Spirit, our prayers are prayerless, and prayerless praying results in lifeless living. Prayer is the thermometer of our spiritual condition.”
Joel Beeke, Taking Hold of God, p228
