Quotes about prayer
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.
prayer praying
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
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.
prayer anger praying
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
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.
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.
prayer hate temptation
God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.
prayer let-me fewer
Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer.
prayer long trying
Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your spirit grow weary. Besides, a good prayer mustn't be too long. Do not draw it out. Prayer ought to be frequent and fervent.
prayer blood church
The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer.
prayer powerful tied
Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto.
prayer praying heard
All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.
prayer heart grandchildren
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
prayer want praying
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
prayer heart mouths
Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
prayer two today
I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.
prayer each-day three
I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.
prayer fire neglect
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.