Prayer Quotes
Doubt not but God who sits on high Thy secret prayers can hear When a dead wall thus cunningly Conveys soft whispers to the ear.
The granting of prayer when offered in the name of Jesus reveals the Father's love to him and the honor which he has put upon him.
Prayer is not to be used as a confessional to cancel sin. Such an error would impede true religion. Sin is forgiven only as it is destroyed by Christ - Truth and Light.
You pray in your distress and in your need would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
At church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorn'd the venerable place Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.
Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
'Kol Nidrei' is probably the most important prayer in the Jewish religion. It comes on the evening of Yom Kippur. There are so many different renditions of it.
Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.
In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life's daily frustrations.
Some churches make intercessory prayer part of their weekly schedule. If that's not the case at your church, find another person in the faith to intercede with or go before God on your own.
Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.
A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus assumes that asking for forgiveness would be a daily occurrence, as would praying that we might be delivered from evil and led not into temptation.
The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.
The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.