Quotes about prayer
prayer soul desire
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer. John Wesley
prayer able hours
I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.
prayer heart understanding
Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.
prayer pain light
On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God and then form our resolutions, without being in any pain about what success they may have. In the greatest temptations, a single look to Christ, and the barely pronouncing his name, suffices to overcome the wicked one, so it be done with confidence and calmness of spirit.
prayer pain adversity
Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.
prayer use kind
with all prayer (Eph. 6:18)" All sorts of prayer- public, private, mental, vocal. Do not be diligent in one kind of prayer and negligent in others... let us use all.
prayer hands support
Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down.
prayer hate persons
Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at. John Templeton
prayer optimistic perspective
We hope that there will be nothing that conflicts with anybody's religion or faith. We would never say a person's religion is not effective. We say, 'Would you be interested in something more effective?' We always put things in an optimistic, progressive perspective. Do you want to make your prayers more effective? Not that they are not effective, but do you want to help them become more effective?'
prayer bending way
Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his. John Stott
prayer our-love goes-on
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.
prayer humble way
Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
prayer purpose gods-will
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
prayer sides meat
Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork. John Steinbeck
prayer suffering magic
I suffer as always from the fear of putting down the first line. It is amazing the terrors, the magics, the prayers, the straightening shyness that assails one.
prayer past men
And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.
prayer fighting thrones
Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
prayer reflecting-back radiance
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.
prayer war life-is
We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.
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.
prayer ministry whole
Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.
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.
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.