Quotes about pray
prayer writing silence
Writers when they're writing live in a spooky, clamorous silence, a state somewhat like the advanced stages of prayer but without prayer's calming benefits. Joy Williams
prayer soul desire
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your desire is your prayer. It comes out of your deepest needs and it reveals the things you want in life. Joseph Murphy
prayer heart hunger-for-love
God speaks in the silence of the heart Listening is the beginning of prayer. Justin Bieber
praying
I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it. Julianna Baggott
prayer heart handwriting
All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart. Karl G. Maeser
prayer hands uprising
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. Karl Barth
prayer would-be study
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind. Karl Barth
prayer important waste
Never waste a prayer on something that isn't important.
prayer way electricity
That's the way prayer do. It's like electricity, it keeps things going. Kathryn Stockett
prayer simple
The most effective prayers are usually the simple prayers. Joyce Meyer
prayer school scary
[The notion of separating church and state with such policies as disallowing prayer in public schools] is a deception from Satan. Joyce Meyer
prayer trying who-we-are
Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying Joyce Meyer
prayer causes praying
Prayer causes things to happen that wouldn't happen if you didn't pray. John Piper
prayer tests hearing
I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers. John Piper
prayer giving-up order
The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray John Piper
prayer war darkness
Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief. John Piper
prayer keys use
The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but are utterly devoted to being used for His ends. John Piper
prayer giving grace
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need. John Piper
prayer heart long
We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology. John Piper
prayer ministry holiness
Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:2, 5) and holiness (John 17:17) decline. Activity may continue, but life and power and fruitfulness fade away. Therefore, whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry. John Piper
prayer heart feelings
The engagement of the heart in worship is the coming alive of the feelings and emotions and affections of the heart. Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead. John Piper
prayer reflecting-back radiance
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth. John Piper
prayer war life-is
We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war. John Piper
prayer trying comfort
It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den. John Piper
prayer ministry whole
Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry. John Piper
prayer praying hard
It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences. Martin Luther
prayer medicine helping
Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that helps and never fails. Martin Luther
prayer heart names
When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my enemies, the Pope and his accomplices and vermin, and Zwingli, so that my heart swells with the righteous indignation and hatred and I can say with warmth and vehemence: 'Holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!' And the hotter I grow the more ardent do my prayers become. Martin Luther
prayer praying
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray. Martin Luther
prayer thinking firsts
What are the things we should pray for? First, our personal troubles...The greatest trouble we can ever know is thinking that we have no trouble for we can become hard-hearted and insensible to what is inside of us. Martin Luther
prayer anger praying
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. Martin Luther
prayer judging scripture
We ought not to criticize, explain, or judge the Scriptures by our mere reason, but diligently, with prayer, meditate thereon, and seek their meaning. Martin Luther
prayer powerful believe
None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience. Martin Luther