Quotes about prayer
prayer church neglect
Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church. Charles Spurgeon
prayer tears repentance
Repentance and faith are distasteful to the unregenerate; they would sooner repeat a thousand formal prayers than shed a solitary tear of true repentance.
prayer praise should
There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.
prayer heart
Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.
prayer names may
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.
prayer trials
Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.
prayer cities people
I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to a praying people. We had prayer meetings that moved our very souls, each one appeared determined to storm the Celestial City by the might of intercession.
prayer church firsts
If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.
prayer secret inventory
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.
prayer heart hands
Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer.
prayer opportunity would-be
We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.
prayer moving world
Prayer moves the arm that moves the world.
prayer heaven earth
He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has heaven and earth at his disposal.
prayer long sorrow
A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. Before long, since he does not contribute to the benefit of his brethren, he will become a danger and a sorrow to them. Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.
prayer philosophical eye
Beloved, there are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God that the eagles discerning eye and philosophical thought have never seen...God alone can take us there, but the chariot in which He takes us up and the fiery steeds that pull the chariot, are prevailing prayers.
prayer smart hair
You have no time for the prayer meeting, but you have time enough to be brushing your hair to all eternity; you have no time to bend your knee, but plenty of time to make yourselves look smart and grand.
prayer regret men
...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his disposal.
prayer excess
Prayer can never be in excess.
prayer men deep-water
Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.
prayer body arms
If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for.
prayer blessing praying
Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
prayer judging people
The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.
prayer church machinery
Prayer meetings are the throbbing machinery of the church.
prayer mind care
Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.
prayer trust-in-god dare
If you cannot trust God for the temporal, how dare you trust him for the eternal?
prayer groaning revival-prayer
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
prayer comforting relief
Noise and crowds have a way of siphoning our energy and distracting our attention, making prayer an added chore rather than a comforting relief Charles R. Swindoll
prayer thrones lord
If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don't you be bothered with him - leave him at the throne.
prayer asking helping
Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something Dennis Prager
prayer believe night
Much of her life had been lived like a balancing act on a spearpoint fence, and on a particularly difficult night when she was twelve, she had decided that instinct was, in fact, the quiet voice of God. Prayers did receive replies, but you had to listen closely and believe in the answer. At twelve, she wrote in her diary: "God doesn't shout; He whispers, and in the whisper is the way. Dean Koontz
prayer loss past
This is a prayer, inchoate and unfinished, for you, my love, my loss, my lesion, a rosary of words to count out time's illusions, all the minutes, hours, days the calendar compounds as if the past existed somewhere like an inheritance still waiting to be claimed. Dana Gioia
prayer bars lord
Please, O ye Lord, keep Jim Bakker behind bars. Dana Carvey
prayer thinking government
It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the president declared a National Day of Cursing God because He failed us on September 11? Americans would say, "You've overstepped your authority." That's how we feel when he promotes prayer. Dan Barker