Quotes about prayer
prayer want convincing
Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do. Shane Claiborne
prayer father blessing
To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing. Sholom Aleichem
prayer forgive-me forgiving
The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that I know the Lord is like, 'Sherri what are you doing?' but I know I can go back and get on my knees and say, 'Lord forgive me.' I know he will never leave me nor forsake me. The wonderful thing is He answers my prayers in spite of me. Sherri Shepherd
prayer powerful character
Exactly who is this God character who is said to be all-powerful yet needs to hire lawyers to take us to court? Isn't he miffed when someone he had always considered to be a true follower turns to the legal system rather than to prayer? Why would the faithful risk making God look ridiculous by losing a trial on Earth when he is certain to win every trial in heaven? Scott Simon
prayer supernatural-forces blind
When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces. Ray Charles
prayer believe eye
I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life. That is where God speaks. The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life is not to make you number one in the world's eyes, but to make him number one in your life. We must be willing to be outshone while shining for God. We hear very little about being smaller in our own self-estimate. Ravi Zacharias
prayer long doe
What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered? Sitting Bull
prayer love-is wings
Even towards yourself you have to be tremendously loving, because you too are god's form. One has to love oneself, one has to love all. Love is prayer. And the more you love, the more you will feel your consciousness expanding, becoming bigger - because whomsoever we love becomes part of our being, we include him. Mm? A bird on the wing, and we look at the bird with great love - suddenly we are not two: the bird is inside us and we are inside the bird. Rajneesh
prayer share ready
Love happens when you are ready to share with another human being. Prayer happens when you are ready to share with God.
prayer clouds meditation
The whole existence is a temple...the trees are continously in worship, the clouds are in prayer and the mountains are in meditation.
prayer creating people
If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other drink. It is not a drink, it is meditation; it is prayer. So they listen to the kettle creating a melody, and in that listening they become more silent, more alert.
prayer men vegetarianism
Pythagoras was the first to introduce vegetarianism to the West. It is of profound depth for man to learn how to live in friendship with nature, in friendship with creatures. That becomes the foundation. And only on that foundation can you base your prayer, your meditativeness. You can watch it in yourself: when you eat meat, meditation will be found to be more and more difficult.
prayer miracle praying
I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results. Martha Reeves
prayer moving heart
Sometimes prayer moves the hand of God, and sometimes prayer changes the heart of the person who is praying. Mark Driscoll
prayer heart men
He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands. Theodore Parker
prayer heart selfishness
It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness, and unbelief. Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and of conduct. Theodore L. Cuyler
prayer flower fields
Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.
prayer answers firmament
The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer.
prayer suffering ransom
Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom. Margaret Fuller
prayer joy firsts
Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy. Paulo Coelho
prayer blessing joy
simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy.
prayer thinking thinking-person
Prayer, to the thinking person, is almost inescapable.
prayer long waiting
Prayers are answered in one of four ways,” she said. “Yes. No. I have something else in mind. And . . .” She paused long enough for my impatience to show. “And what’s the fourth answer?” “Wait,” she said. Megan McCafferty
prayer eight people
Pastoring the flock with words. I love that. We always have a prayer time in the middle of our service. We take about eight or ten minutes before I preach, after we've sung, and invite people to come forward for prayer. That's a tender moment to me. I don't preach much in that, but I like to speak to the people. Max Lucado
prayer struggle answers
God is using my struggle. My struggle is the answer to the prayer.
prayer effort waiting
Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.
prayer thinking mad
I would love to have a more earnest prayer life! In my life, prayer is the single most difficult discipline. I love God and there's something in me that would rather do things for God than talk to God. I'm not by nature a mystical, devotional person. I like to do things. And so it's a challenge for me to have a faithful prayer life, but I know God loves me and He's not mad at me. He just wishes I would slow down and turn things over to Him. And that's what I think you achieve through prayer.
prayer pebbles doe
Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.
prayer giving-up knowing
Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.
prayer missing answers
Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
prayer request change-god
Your requests change history because your prayers change God!
prayer solutions
God's solution is a prayer away!
prayer without-hope
You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.