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#### Prayer Sermon Illustrations

Illustration Title | Illustration Author  
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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 | Acts 10:4  
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