Prayer Quotes
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
The Church gives more time, thought, and money to recreation and sport than to prayer.
Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.
Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.
No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.
The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.
There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.
Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.
We ought not to tolerate for a minute the ghastly and grievous thought that God will not answer prayer.
We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.
Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid.
Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.
What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. Prayer To A Pregnant Woman
The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.
Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.
We must have a warrant for our prayers. If we have some great desire, we must search the scriptures to find if it be right to ask it.
Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time.
The great souls who became mighty in prayer and rejoiced to spend three and four hours a day alone with God were once beginners.
Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.
My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.
Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.
A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.
The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall. It is like a prayer to what is empty And what is empty turns its face to us and whispers: 'I am not empty, I am open'.
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.
Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request.
As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
When we give ourselves over completely to the spirit of the dance, it becomes a prayer
To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.
