Prayer Quotes

If I could give you one line about writing worship songs, it would be ‘Sing your prayers.’

Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat.

Faith has played a major role in my life. Whenever I feel an obstacle is too great, I can always go to God in prayer and He'll help me through it.

A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.

And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned.

Prayer means dependence on the Lord.

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.

One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer.

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

Justice divine Mends not her slowest pace for prayers or cries.

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!

A wife’s prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else’s, even his mother’s. (Sorry, Mom.)

Children are the keys of Paradise. They alone are good and wise, because their thoughts, their very lives are prayer.

God will do nothing but in answer to prayer.

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it

Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence.

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.

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.

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

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher.

Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.

In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.

Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts.

This perpetual hurry of business and company ruins me in soul if not in body. More solitude and earlier hours!

Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

The Word of God represents all the possibilities of God as at the disposal of true prayer.

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer.

O my good lord, that comfort comes too late, 'Tis like a pardon after execution. That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me; But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.

This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer-meeting. If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.

Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality.

Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.

Leaders must be released from the idea that they must be great prayer warriors before they can begin to call others to prayer.

The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the seagulls is one of those everyday prayers.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.

You cannot petition the lord with prayer!

Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer.