Changi Chapel

"He continued all night in prayer to God." Luke 6:12

Jesus was emphatically "a man of prayer". The Spirit was "poured upon Him without measure" – yet He prayed! He was incarnate wisdom, "needing not that any should teach Him" – yet He prayed! He was infinite in His power, and boundless in His resources – yet He prayed! He seemed often to turn night into day – to redeem moments for prayer, rather than lose the blessed privilege.

All His public acts were consecrated by prayer – His baptism, His transfiguration, His miracles, His agony, His death. He breathed away His life in prayer. "His last breath," says Philip Henry, "was praying breath."

"It is in the prayer-closet," says Payson, "where the battle is lost or won!"

John McDuff
Authored circa 1870

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