Quotes about prayer
prayer views perfect
The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things. Oswald Chambers
prayer humble thinking
The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.
prayer people answers
There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their prayers.
prayer answers redemption
God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.
prayer reality men
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
prayer order perfect
Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.
prayer character way
Our true character comes out in the way we pray.
prayer son men
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.
prayer preparation church
Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.
prayer men giving
Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into question at all, he is connected with God by prayer, and prayer on the basis of the Redemption sets the connection working and God gives life.
prayer mean asking
We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.
prayer needs praying
There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
prayer purpose presence-of-god
The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.
prayer way intercession
Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.
prayer effort
Prayer is an effort of will.
prayer trying answers
Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
prayer mind answers
God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
prayer dawn foolish
If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.
prayer doe fit
Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.
prayer spirit holy
If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper.
prayer mean son
When a man is born from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and he can either starve that life or nourish it. Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. Our ordinary views of prayer are not found in the New Testament. We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; the Bible's idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
prayer father needs
Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."Your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him." Then, why ask? That you may get to know Him.
prayer father giving
Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.
prayer silence grace
God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace.
prayer exercise drawing
Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.
prayer acceptance quality
Some of the qualities of # God must be merged into us before our # prayers can be fit for His acceptance.
prayer evidence praying-to-god
Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God.
prayer may knowing-god
The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.
prayer useless essentials
Worshipping God is the great essential of fitness. If you have not been worshipping...when you get to work you will not only be useless yourself, but a tremendous hindrance to those who are associated with you.
prayer track answers
Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.
prayer eye christian-inspirational
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
prayer attitude son
Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.
prayer order giving
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.