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“In our day, the Holy Spirit is emphasizing the anointing that was upon Mary of Bethany, which is the anointing to "waste" our lives on one thing: extravagant devotion to Jesus Christ. It is the anointing to linger long with an engaged spirit in the presence of the Lord. This is impossible to do with religious self-determination and the power of the flesh. We can't will ourselves to be more resolute and say, 'I will, I will, I will.' The abandonment flows out of a lovesick heart.”
― Mike Bickle

“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the King and keep it.1 —CORRIE TEN BOOM”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“I have found that people are best motivated to sustain night-and-day intercession when they understand that God delights in them as a bridegroom delights in his bride (vv. 4–5). In fact, one reason people burn out in intercession and ministry to others is that they lack the intimacy with God that comes from encountering Jesus as their Bridegroom God who delights in His relationship with them. In other words, the revelation of the church as Jesus’s cherished bride is essential to keeping our hearts alive through the years as we diligently do the work of the kingdom.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation—lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling mom, and so on—to have a real prayer life.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“When we meet the great men and women of the Bible face-to-face, we may be surprised to discover just how much like us they are. It is faith in a great God that makes a great man or woman of God.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Our living condition is how much we actually experience of that which is freely available.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“You will find what you are looking for when you realize God has placed those longings in your heart as a divine desire; your hunger is a gift from God to draw you to Him. It's a holy want with a holy fulfillment. Everything you really need and want is offered by and found in Him.”
― Mike Bickle, The Seven Longings of the Human Heart

“We will never be completely satisfied by our achievements, skills, wealth, fame, pleasures, or possessions. Why? Because the human heart was created to need more than what is available to us in the natural realm. Only the eternal, supernatural God can fill our longings.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.1 —JOHN CALVIN”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“prayer flows best from those who are in strong kingdom relationships—sharing deeply with one another, partnering together in kingdom activities, and relating to one another in humility, honor, and forgiveness in the grace of God. Paul admonishes us in Colossians to “put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another.” Then he adds, “But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection” (Col. 3:12–14).”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Passion is not about energy and volume; it is about being engaged from the heart”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one’s life.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Beloved, our private times of prayer and our public prayer meetings may not move us, but they move the angels, and more importantly, they move the heart of God. Never measure your prayers by what you feel; when we pray in agreement with God’s will, our “weak prayers” move the heart of God even if they do not move ours.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“God’s grace is sufficient when we come up short in our obedience, but it is important to call sin “sin” and declare war on it. Those who love God in truth will set their hearts to live in a spirit of obedience in every area of their lives—including their use of time, money, and words, and in what their eyes look at.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Jesus does not want us to walk in a false humility that minimizes how much He enjoys loving us or how much He wants us to enjoy being loved by Him.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“If we have the Word without the Spirit, we dry up. If we have the Spirit without the Word, we blow up. But if we have the Word and the Spirit, we grow up.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing In The Prophetic: A Balanced, Biblical Guide to Using and Nurturing Dreams, Revelations and Spiritual Gifts as God Intended

“He has joy in our friendship and in our partnering together in the work of the kingdom with Him.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“A true biblical eschatology prepares overcomers for the difficulties they must endure and helps them to stand with confidence that the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit is surely coming.”
― Mike Bickle, God's Answer to the Growing Crisis: A Bold Call to Action in the End Times

“This prayer for the Holy Spirit to strengthen the inner man of believers is one of the most important prayers recorded in the Scripture, and it is vital that we understand it if we want to grow in prayer.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“We must know the power of truth and experience the truth about power.”
― Mike Bickle, After God's Own Heart: Becoming a David Generation

“Jesús prometió que cuando viniera el Espíritu Santo, Él traería convicción de pecado, de justicia y de juicio (Jn. 16:8). Esta promesa de la obra de convicción del Espíritu se cumple en una medida inusual en los avivamientos genuinos. El término convicción se refiere a tiempos en que el Espíritu Santo toma control de la mente y la conciencia de un individuo con el poder de la verdad. Cuando el espíritu de convicción se manifiesta de una manera inusual en toda una región geográfica como ocurrió en el Primer y Segundo Gran Despertar, cientos de miles—a veces millones—de personas son sacudidos de su letargo espiritual. El Espíritu Santo da convicción a multitudes de aquellos que escuchan la Palabra—tanto incrédulos como creyentes—de cualquier mundanalidad en sus vidas. Él presiona la verdad de Dios en sus mentes y conciencias con una intensidad que la mayoría de nosotros no ha experimentado jamás.”
― Mike Bickle, Crezca en la oración: Una guía definitiva para hablar con Dios

“This longing to be enjoyed by God is also the seedbed for all the false religions of the world, for the devil exploits this human longing and brings many evil and false religions into existence.”
― Mike Bickle, The Pleasure of Loving God: A Call to Accept God's All-Encompassing Love for You

“When I met the Lord, I was so excited. In fact, I think I was probably more excited about me than I was about the Lord. I thought the Lord had gotten the deal of the century—me! I was just like Peter. My attitude was, “I won’t stumble. Lord, don’t worry about me. Go take care of those other guys. I’ll be there for You all the time!”
― Mike Bickle, The Pleasure of Loving God: A Call to Accept God's All-Encompassing Love for You

“Prayer is not about informing or persuading God but about connecting with Him in relationship. He is looking for conversation and dialogue with”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“Prayer is not about informing or persuading God but about connecting with Him in relationship. He is looking for conversation and dialogue with us.”
― Mike Bickle, Growing in Prayer: A Real-Life Guide to Talking with God

“I like the phrase my beloved because it shows that she maintains her affection for Jesus through her present season of testing. She harbors no resentment in her heart toward Jesus. She is not offended by her trial and does not stumble. He is still her beloved.”
― Mike Bickle, The Pleasure of Loving God: A Call to Accept God's All-Encompassing Love for You

“We must not confuse His correction with rejection. When He does correct me, it is because He loves me. If I feel enjoyed by God while I grow spiritually, still I know He will discipline various areas of my life. He does this in the overflow of His passion for me.”
― Mike Bickle, The Pleasure of Loving God: A Call to Accept God's All-Encompassing Love for You

“I SPEAK OF intercessory worship because there is an interaction between worship and the speaking of the prayers. Something wonderful happens during the singing of prayers and the speaking of the prayers when the Spirit of God is upon the music. Prayer is easy. And because prayer is easy, people can pray much longer and more often than they could in the past. Prayer becomes refreshing and enjoyable! Intercession without anointed music can sometimes be like working in a rock pile. I have done it for years. Just three people praying in a room for hours without the refreshing of anointed worship teams can sometimes truly feel like the hard labor of a rock pile—at least that has been my experience. That rock pile may bring a few moments of inspiration here and there, but this kind of prayer without music can also feel like a difficult and heavy calling. But when you add the anointed harp, God’s music—now that’s a different story!”
― Mike Bickle, The Pleasure of Loving God: A Call to Accept God's All-Encompassing Love for You