Prayer Quotes

We can do nothing without prayer.

The prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil.

Ah, when shall come love's courage to be strong! Tell me, O Lord--tell me, O Lord, how long Are we to keep Christ writhing on the cross!

Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

The life of prayer is so great and various there is something in it for everyone. It is like a garden which grows everything, from alpines to potatoes.

And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to father time.

It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.

Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.

Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

Prayer is ecstatic communication with your innernavigational computer.

Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .

Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us.

The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.

Yes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one.

Those with a low view of the Bible should not attempt listening prayer, for it can lead into dangerous gnostic listening.

My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.

Souls of prayer are souls of great silence

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

Prayer reminds me it's not just about me. It's about all the people with whom I share this planet, and all of whom God has created, and all of whom he cares just as much about as he cares about me.

The more complicated the movie, the more complex the budget, the more lonely it gets. There's a point where ... who do you go to, other than prayer and friends?

Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.

God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God.

Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer.

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.

Time is the most valuable commodity we have, worth more than gold, yet wasted more than all else. Efficient use of time begins with prayer.

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy.

The efficacy of our prayers depends on how much we care for one another.

My greatest weapon is mute prayer.

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.

When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!

The Cinderella of the church of today is the prayer meeting.

As the day comes to a close and we review what we have tried to do, again there should be that sense of committing everything to God.

Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.

Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

I need the spiritual revival that comes from spending quiet time alone with Jesus in prayer and in thoughtful meditation on His Word.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

The Christian is not always praying; but within his bosom is a heaven-kindled love--fires of desire, fervent longings--which make him always ready to pray, and often engage him in prayer.

Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.

Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.

My principal battle with the North Vietnamese was a moral one, and prayer was my prime source of strength.

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.

The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it has been found demanding, and not tried.

There's no such thing as a coincidence in a prayer chapel.