Serious Wednesdays: How Do You Pray?

How They Prayed:

George Whitefield (English evangelist):
"O Lord, give me souls, or take my soul."

Henry Martyn (missionary kneeling on India's coral strands):
"Here let me burn out for God."

David Brainerd (missionary to the N.American Indians):
"Lord, to Thee I dedicate myself. Oh, accept me, and let me be Thine forever, Lord. I desire nothing else; I desire nothing more." 

Thomas a Kempis (in 1380-1471):
"Give what Thou wilt, and how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt. See me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things as Thou wilt."

Dwight L. Moody: 
"Use me then, my Savior, for whatever purpose and in whatever way Thou mayest require. Here is my poor heart, an empty vessel. Fill it with Thy Grace."

Martin Luther (the night before the Diet of the Worms):
"Do Thou, my God, stand by me against all the world's wisdom and reason. Oh, do it! Thou must do it. Stand by me, Thou true, eternal God."

John McKenzie (as a young missionary candidate on the banks of the Lossie):
"Oh, Lord, send me to the darkest spot on earth!"

Praying Hyde (a missionary to India):
"Father, give me these souls or I die."

How do you pray?
How do I pray?