Quotes about pray
prayer heart goal
The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer favors privilege
We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.
prayer hard-work sunshine
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are removed, till the mists are exhaled and the clouds are lifted, and the sunshine of a cloudless day brightens-this is hard work, but it is God's work, and man's best labor.
prayer doe needs
Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless or that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses. Trust receives what prayer acquires. So, what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust.
prayer people waiting
God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.
prayer men organization
What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men, men of prayer.
prayer names holiness
The ministry of prayer, if it be anything worthy of the name, is a ministry of ardor, a ministry of unwearied and intense longing after God and after his holiness.
prayer book accessories
The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin. Beryl Bainbridge
prayer given slippery
Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given. Benjamin Harrison
prayer people parent
Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that. Benjamin Spock
prayer humility law
It is not my prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws. Bertrand Russell
prayer sacrifice expectations
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth. Mr. Rochester: Because you delight in sacrifice. Jane: Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value-to press my lips to what I love-to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice. Charlotte Bronte
prayer wind liberty
I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.
prayer men good-man
The life of a good man is a continual prayer. Charlotte Lennox
prayer giving-up book
Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book. Charles Lamb
prayer gay years
I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.
prayer mean men
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires. Charles Bent
prayer real desire
The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.
prayer might knees
Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.
prayer real church
Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone, say a prayer for me in a real church. Charlaine Harris
prayer sleep men
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. Charles Baudelaire
prayer broken soul
Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans. Charles Simeon
prayer facts praying
We, one and all of us, have an instinct to pray; and this fact constitutes an invitation from God to pray. Charles Sanders Peirce
prayer school prayer-in-school
I'm for prayer in schools. Charles Evers
prayer kindness peaceful
One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution. Bob Schaffer
prayer real school
Rick Perry said Obama's suggestions for gun control disgust him. He said the real answer to this problem isn't laws, it's prayer. You know, i know you're not supposed to say this about elected officials, but I would pay to see Rick Perry defend himself against a school shooter with prayer. Bill Maher
prayer father believe
The Founding Fathers were more deists. If you had to categorize them as anything. There was some sort of moving prime force. But it's an impersonal force. Some people call it Nature. Certainly not this personal god who you have a personal relationship with, who listens to your prayers and answers them, or doesn't. You know, not the silly stuff that most Americans believe because we're such a dumb nation.
prayer blessing voice
If you don't hear His voice so let Him hear yours. When prayers go up blessings descend. Bernard Malamud
prayer heart thinking
I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him. Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence. Bernard of Clairvaux
prayer wine heart
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
prayer blessing our-prayers
Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.
prayer temptation virtue
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
prayer military appreciate
Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers. Bob McDonnell