Over the last week I have been reading a book on prayer by Charles Spurgeon and have gleaned many nuggests of encouragement in regards to praying and seeking the Lord which I would like to share a couple with you... the book is titled Spurgeon on Prayer and Spiritual Wafare. I highly recommend it!
"it is very significant that before Christ fed the thousands, He made the disciples assess all their provisions. It was good to let them see how low the food supply had become, for then when the crowds were fed, they could not say tha the basket fed them or that the lad had done it. God will make us feel that our barley loaves are very little and our fishes are very small, and He will compel us to ask,"What are they among so many?" (John 6:9) When the Savior told His diciples to cast the net on the rightside of the ship and they dragged such a mighty catch to land, He did not work the miracle until they had confessed that they had toiled all night and had caught nothing. They were thus taught that the success of their fishery was dependent on the Lord and that it was neither their nets nor the way of dragging them nor their skill and art in handling their vessels, but that altogether and entirely their success came from their Lord. we must get down to this, and the sooner we come to it the better"
"Remember, the longer the blessing is in coming, the richer it will be when it arrives. That which is gained speedily by a single prayer is sometimes only a second-rate blessing; but that which is gained after many a desperate tug, and many an awful struggle, is a full-weighted and precious blessing...the blessing that costs us the most prayer will be worth the most"
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