There is no man nor church in the world that can come to God in prayer, but by the assistance of the Holy Spirit.
John Bunyan
The Holy Ghost has two offices: first, he is a Spirit of grace, that makes God gracious unto us, and receive us as his acceptable children, for Christ’s sake. Secondly, he is a Spirit of prayer, that prays for us, and for the whole world, to the end that all evil may be turned from us, and that all good may happen to us.
Martin Luther
Where there is much prayer, there will be much of the Spirit; where there is much of the Spirit, there will be ever-increasing prayer.
Andrew Murray
Prayer obtains fresh and continued outpourings of the Spirit. He alone begins the work of grace in a man’s heart. He alone can carry it forward and make it prosper. But the good Spirit loves to be entreated. And those who ask most will have most of his influence.
J.C. Ryle
Of all the evidences of the real work of the Spirit, a habit of hearty private prayer is one of the most satisfactory that can be named.
J.C. Ryle