Quotes about pray
prayer our-time
[Prayer] takes no time, but it occupies all our time. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer revival amendments
Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer book gold
Prayer is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. How to get things from God occupies most [books]. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer sacred occupation
Prayer is the most sacred occupation a person could engage in. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer delegates
You can delegate many things, but prayer is not one of them. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer evil long
The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer offering waste
Prayer is never an acceptable substitute for obedience. The sovereign Lord accepts no offering from His creatures that is not accompanied by obedience. To pray for revival while ignoring or actually flouting the plain precept laid down in the Scriptures is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer keys praying
The key to prayer is simply praying. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer men doe
Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers prayer it's because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That's the source of everything. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer men worship
Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer believe men
Whatever God can do faith can do, and whatever faith can do prayer can do when it is offered in faith. An invitation to prayer is, therefore, an invitation to omnipotence, for prayer engages the Omnipotent God and brings Him into our human affairs. Nothing is impossible to the man who prays in faith, just as nothing is impossible with God. This generation has yet to prove all that prayer can do for believing men and women. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer recovery angel
The world is filled with human toxins -- not the darkness that we all occasionally crave, but actually people who are so unwilling to bask in the angelic light that is offered us all that they grow poisonous -- and you can pray for their eventual recovery and healing. And sometimes those prayers will be answered. But sometimes these individuals have been vaccinated against goodness and against angels and they are so unwilling to give an inch to their God that often they never (and I use this expression absolutely literally) see the light. Chris Bohjalian
prayer loss reason-why
Michael Jackson is the reason why I do music and why I am an entertainer. I am devastated by this great loss, and I will continue to be humbled and inspired by his legacy. My prayers are with his family. Michael will be deeply missed, but never forgotten. He's the greatest, the best ever. No one will ever be better. Chris Brown
prayer humorous government
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence. Yet, government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words. David McIntosh
prayer wish merit
Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is. Carter G. Woodson
prayer school people
People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment... What kind of prayer would we use? Cal Thomas
prayer stories green
Stories,' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words. Catherynne M. Valente
prayer children real
Children make prayers so thoughtlessly, building them up like sand castles—and they are always surprised when suddenly the castle becomes real, and the iron gate grinds shut. Catherynne M. Valente
praying rubbing
I was born odd. I was a strange child. My grandmother was always praying over me. She was always rubbing me and praying over me. Lorraine Toussaint
prayer vanity wish
I do not know What kind of my obedience I should tender. More than my all is nothing; nor my prayers Are not words holy hallowed, nor my wishes More worth than empty vanities; yet prayers and wishes Are all I can return. William Shakespeare
prayer heart steel
Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All many be well. William Shakespeare
prayer nymphs hamlet-and-ophelia
Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered! William Shakespeare
prayer heaven grace
If yon bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight. William Shakespeare
prayer people would-be
People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers. Kurt Vonnegut
prayer fellowship thrones
In Fellowship; alone To God, with Faith, draw near, Approach His Courts, besiege His Throne With all the power of Prayer. Charles Wesley
prayer want praying
To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray. Charles Wesley
prayer purpose firsts
The first purpose of prayer is to know God.
prayer believe hopeless
I am one who believes that with God nothing is hopeless - that all things are possible through prayer.
prayer obedience substitutes
Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer long age
Sometimes I go to God and say, "God, if Thou dost never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still worship Thee as long as I live and in the ages to come for what Thou hast done already. God’s already put me so far in debt that if I were to live one million millenniums I couldn’t pay Him for what He’s done for me. Aiden Wilson Tozer
prayer powerful long
All things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives. In the long pull we only pray as well as we live. Aiden Wilson Tozer
praying misdemeanors
I’m praying for a misdemeanor Bobby Bowden
prayer few-words silent
Lead us in a few words of silent prayer. Bill Peterson