The Conditions of Power in Prayer - C. H. Spurgeon
Excerpts from “The Conditions of Power in Prayer" - Sermon #1103 by C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892):
Qualifications for the sinner’s first prayer I know of none except sincerity, but we must speak in a different way to those of you who are saved. ...
A self-willed heart hankers after greater liberty that it may be the more obstinate. A haughty spirit longs for greater elevation that it may be prouder still. A slothful spirit asks for greater ease that it may yet be more indolent. And a domineering spirit asks for more power that it may have more opportunities of oppression. As is the man such will his prayer be—a rebellious spirit offers self-willed and proud prayers. Shall God listen to such prayers as these? It cannot be.