The Secret to Powerful Prayer

"...when somebody came to see him, no longer able to preach, they wanted to sort of encourage him a bit, and they said, must be a big disappointment to you, Dr. Lloyd-Jones, that you can't preach anymore. No, he said, no, I never live for preaching. And the other thing is, oh, on prayer. People asked him, do you prepare your prayers? No, he said, but I prepare myself. And that's a very, and by that, really, he was saying, I do pray in private, and I prepare myself. And isn't that the most difficult thing about preaching, really? One thing to prepare a sermon, but to prepare ourselves."