Prayer and the Word
see also:  Special Topics ... Prayer
see also:  The Exercise of Prayer

 Prayer And The Word Throughout Church History

The following quotations show that many throughout the centuries have made the discovery that we can exercise our spirit to feed upon the Word of God.  The Word is truly living as we mingle our reading with prayer and our prayer with reading. - "Lord, Thou Saidst," Ray Graver, Living Stream Ministry, 110 pages.

The Testimony of the Early Church Writers
Clement (1st Century AD)
Tertullian (160-220)
Origen (A.D. 185-254)
Athanasius (A.D. 296-372)
Jerome (A.D. 340-420)
Ambrose (A.D. 340-397)
Augustine (A.D. 354-430)

More to come:

The Testimony of the Early Reformers
Martin Luther
Philip Melanchthon
William Tyndale
Johann Heinreich Bullinger
John Calvin

The Testimony of the Puritans
William Perkins
Thomas Manton
John Bunyan

The Testimony of the Pietists
Philip Jacob Spener
August Hermann Francke

The Testimony of the Evangelists
John Wesley
George Whitefield
Jonathan Edwards

The Testimony of the Missionaries
David Brainerd
Henry Martyn
Hudson Taylor
John Hyde

The Testimony of the Inner Life Writers
William Law
Andrew Murray
Hannah Whitall Smith

The Testimony of the Brethren
John Nelson Darby
George Mueller
C. H. Mackintosh

The Testimony of the Evangelical Writers
Edward Bickersteth
Charles G. Finney
Andrew Bonar
Robert Murray McCheyne
Robert Govett
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Brooke Foss Westcott
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Alexander Whyte
Dwight L. Moody
Arthur T. Pierson
F. B. Meyer
Handley C. G. Moule
A. B. Simpson
Rueben A. Torrey
James M. Gray
S. D. Gordon
W. H. Griffith Thomas
George W. Truett
Peter Ainslie
D. M. Panton
Henry (Harry) A. Ironside
A. W. Pink
A. W. Tozer