A. W. Pink and Tozer

*From Nicholas' blog*

It is striking to note that God has often granted the freest communications of Himself to those who were before Him in secret.

It was so with Moses on the mount, when Jehovah gave him the Law - and again when He gave him the pattern for the tabernacle.

It was while Daniel was engaged in private prayer that God sent His angel to reveal to him the secrets of His counsel concerning the restoration of Jerusalem and the duration thereof even unto the Messiah (Daniel 9:3, 21-27); as it was also during a season when he was alone before the Throne of Grace that God assured him he was "a man greatly beloved" (Daniel 10:11, 19).

It is in the closet that God usually bestows His sweetest and choicest blessings.

Cornelius was highly commended and graciously rewarded upon the account of his private prayer (Acts 10:1-4).

Peter was granted that wondrous vision concerning the Gentiles while praying alone (Acts 10:9-13).

Scripture records much to illustrate and demonstrate the great prevalence of private prayer.

O the wonders that followed secret wrestling with God, the grand mercies that have been obtained, the judgments that have been diverted, the deliverances that have been secured!

When Isaac was all alone entreating with God for a good wife, he met Rebekah (Genesis 24:63-64).

While Hezekiah was weeping and praying in private, God sent the prophet Isaiah to assure him that He would add unto his days fifteen years (Isaiah 38:5).

When Jonah was shut up in the whale's belly, he was delivered in answer to his supplication (Jonah 2:1-10).

O the power of private prayer: it has issued in the dead being raised to life - 1 Kings 17:18-22, 2 Kings 4:32-35.

May the Holy Spirit graciously use these considerations to stir up writer and reader.

- A. W. Pink, Private Prayer

I would like to see our young people feel the call of God on them until they have to leave us and begin preaching.

I would like to see the Spirit of God move upon us until our young people cannot afford to sit and figure out who they are going to marry and when.

That will come in its time, but they will be thinking, Where can I serve God?

Then one day, suddenly, the hand of God will be laid on their shoulders and off they will go.

- A. W. Tozer, Rut, Rot or Revival