Prayer and Evangelism

“All evangelism must begin with prayer.”
Lewis Sperry Chafer

“There are few converted in this world unless in connection with someone’s prayers.”
R.A. Torrey

“Intercessory prayer is God’s mighty instrument for the salvation of souls.”
Oswald J. Smith

“Winners of souls must first be weepers for souls.”
Charles Spurgeon

“Are you puzzled about why so many Christians are witnessing, going out as missionaries, preaching, and faithfully inviting unbelievers to accept Jesus – yet with such little success? Do you wonder why, even when people use very scriptural methods, there often are so few results in proportion to the amount of sincere, honest effort put forth? I believe one of the main reasons for this lack of fruit is that we have failed to sufficiently involve God – through prayer – in our soul-winning efforts.”
Evelyn Christensen

“Prayer puts wings on the gospel.”
E.M. Bounds

“Our main business is to win souls.”

“We must have the winning of souls at heart and be red hot with zeal for their salvation.”

“Jesus Christ wept over Jerusalem, and you will have to weep over sinners if they are to be saved through you.”

“You must go into the fire if you are to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are to draw others out of the water.”

“I wish the church of God had such an engrossing love for poor sinners that she would feel everything to be an impertinence which hindered her from soul-saving. We have every now and then, as a church, a little to do with politics, and a little to do with finance, for we are still in the world, but I love to see in all churches everything kept in the background, compared with soul-saving work. This must be first and foremost.”

“If you think you are going to win souls, you must throw your soul into your work, just as a warrior must throw his soul into a battle, or victory will not be yours.”

“If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one GO there UNWARNED and UNPRAYED for.”
Charles Spurgeon

“Give me souls or take away my soul!”
George Whitefield

“How could I spend the best years of my life in living for the honours of this world, when thousands of souls are perishing every day?”
C.T. Studd

“What greater fool could you prove yourself to be than to fail to pray and do everything possible for the salvation of as many as possible?”
Wesley Duewel

“As I was walking in the fields, the thought came over me with almost overwhelming power, that every one of my flock must soon be in heaven or hell. Oh how I wished that I had a tongue like thunder, that I might make all hear; or that I had a frame like iron, that I might visit every one and say, ‘Escape for thy life! Ah sinner! You little know how I fear that you will lay the blame of your damnation at my door.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne

“Oh, to burn out for God! All, all for Him! Jesus only! Souls! Souls! Souls! I am determined to be a winner of souls. God help me.”
James Caughey

Oh! For a heart that is burdened! Infused with a passion to pray;
Oh! For a stirring within me; Oh! For His power every day
Oh! For a heart like my Saviour, Who, being in an agony, prayed.
Such caring for OTHERS, Lord, give me; On my heart let burdens be laid.

My Father, I long for this passion, To pour myself out for the lost –
To lay down my life to save others – “To pray,” whatever the cost.
Lord, teach me, Oh teach me this secret, I’m hungry this lesson to learn,
This passionate passion for others, For this, blessed Jesus, I yearn.
Father, this lesson I long for from Thee – Oh, let Thy Spirit reveal this to me.
Mary Waburton Booth

“Never will I be satisfied until God works in convicting power and men and women weep their way to the cross.”
Oswald J. Smith

“Go for souls and go for the worst.”
William Booth