Prayer Quotes
Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.
Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing heart to cast all burdens upon Thee, O Lord.
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.
You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.
The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.
Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home.
Without Prayer nothing good is done. God's works are done with our hands joined, and on our knees. Even when we run, we must remain spiritually kneeling before Him.
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.
I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit.
Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what we cry for, lest God give it to us, and thereby punish us.
Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
Prayer means talking over with Jesus everything that happens from morning until night.
Prayer is the Word of God which comes to you when you are silent enough, still enough, expectant enough to receive it.
He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.
Whenever God is ready to do something new with His people, He always sets them to praying.
The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer.
Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.
The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.
When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.
Prayer is the only way to amend your life: and without prayer, it will never be mended.
When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.
I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me. But I belong to none of them.
The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says 'Amen' and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him our ideas.
If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look at how he treats people.
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.
Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees. ... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one.
If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.
One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers?
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper.