Jo Graham Quotes

Love your children—and let them know you love them. Children who experience love find it far easier to believe God loves them.

There is always the exceptional child, but the average tells us that the child is largely what the home has made him.

Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security.

The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed.

Sickness is deep within the soul of our society—and that has always been God’s exclusive territory.

Are you disappointed with society? If you are, I challenge you to take the first step. I challenge you to look at yourself.

Our ministries are strengthened, sometimes more than we realize, by our devotional life.

We must learn to let the Word of God feed us and strengthen us in our faith in God its author, Christ its message, and the Holy Spirit its teacher.

We shouldn’t think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.

God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that He ordains.

God takes the weak and makes them strong. He takes the vile and makes them clean. He takes the worthless and makes them worthwhile. He takes the sinful and makes them sinless.

God is in control. He may not take away trials or make detours for us, but He strengthens us through them.

Grief can kill a person emotionally and physically. If not counteracted with God’s strength and power, our personal weakness may debilitate us.

A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.

Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.

Ask God to give you a greater hunger for Himself and a deeper desire for His fellowship. Then be honest about whatever is keeping you from prayer, and ask God to help you deal with it.

Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.

Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.

We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.

A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.

God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . “Brothers, pray for us” [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].

Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.

[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?

Prayer is our lifeline to God.

Prayer is not an option but a necessity.

Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world’s greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].

The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.

Prayer shouldn’t be a burden but a privilege—God wants our fellowship.

Prayer is the companion of Bible study.

Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God’s Word, the Bible.

That “the Spirit Himself intercedes” indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.

Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.

Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.

It is not the posture of the body, but the attitude of the heart that counts when we pray . . . The important thing is not the position of the body but the condition of the soul.

Our prayers must be in accordance with [God’s] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.

The Book of Psalms is the Bible’s hymnbook. It will show you what it means to walk with God in prayer and praise.

The devil will tremble when you pray.

If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!

You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.

As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.

Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!

Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.

Prayer is the Christian’s greatest weapon.

This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.

Our prayers must be in accordance with the will of God for the simple reason that God knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.

At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.

Pray frequently as you read [the Bible] and you will discover a fellowship with God.

God Himself is the power that makes prayer work.