Prayer Quotes

God give me work till my life shall end And life till my work is done.

Watch your motive before God have no other motive in prayer than to know Him.

For we know not what we should pray for.

God does not exist to answer our prayers but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience the next for health of mind and then of body.

Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.

The purpose of prayer is not to inform God of our needs but to invite Him to rule our lives.

O Lord forgive what I have been sanctify what I am and order what I shall be.

Spread out your petition before God and then say "Thy will not mine be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me.

Show me your ways O Lord teach me your paths guide me in your truth and teach me for you are God my Savior and my hope is in you all day long.

The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.

If we ask anything according to his will he heareth us.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray pray thyself in me.

True prayer brings a person's will into accordance with God's will not the other way around.

I used to pray that God would do this or that now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?

Women don't have halos built in.

A Chinese Christian prayed every day .... "Lord reform Thy world beginning with me."

Create in me a clean heart O God.

Do not pray for easy lives pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Take my will and make it Thine It shall be no longer mine Take my heart it is Thine own It shall be Thy royal throne.

And since He bids me seek His face Believe His word and trust His grace I'll cast on Him my every care And wait for thee sweet hour of prayer.

Do not want things to turn out as they seem best to you but as God pleases. Then you will be free from confusion and thankful in prayer.

O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will.

Casting all your care upon Him for he careth for you.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain thee.

The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is O ye gods give me whatever is fitting unto me!

Before we can pray "Lord Thy Kingdom come " we must be willing to pray "My Kingdom go."

We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know Jesus in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.

When my children do wrong I ache to hear their stumbling requests for forgiveness. I'm sure our heavenly Father aches even more deeply to hear from us.

There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.

Ask God's blessing on your work but don't ask him to do it for you.

Prayer among sane people has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.

Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended upon man.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

God gives every bird its food but he does not throw it into the nest.

Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly.

Pray to God but keep rowing to shore.

Call on God but row away from the rocks.

To the man who himself strives earnestly God also lends a helping hand.

Trust in Allah but tie your camel first.

Always look for ways to act upon the faith you display in your prayers.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.

Visualize "prayerize " "actionize " and your wishes will come true.

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for they think the whole thing is a fraud.

Poverty chastity and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.

Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer.

There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.

There are four ways God answers prayer: No not yet No I love you too much Yes I thought you'd never ask Yes and here's more.