Once more, frequency and fervency in prayer will be a great evidence of your regeneration and adoption. The child when born cries, and the sinner when born again prays. Of Paul it was said as soon as he was converted, “Behold he prayeth.” It is the “Spirit of adoption” that makes us cry “Abba Father.” If we cannot be satisfied unless we approach God and value His favor and fellowship above all earthly things and are chiefly desirous of those blessings He never gives in wrath and, having given, never takes away again, we may conclude from our spiritual breathing our spiritual life.
—Nathaniel Vincent, Spirit of Prayer, 45