Prayer Quotes - Page 7

I feel that 'Thank you' is about the best prayer that anyone could say. A sincere prayer of Thanks expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.

When we go to our meeting with God we should go like a patient to his doctor first to be thoroughly examined and afterwards to be treated for our ailment. Then something will happen when you pray.

Time spent in prayer is never wasted.

The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present all the time in every condition.

There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires listless efforts lazy attitudes all must be strenuous urgent ardent. Flamed desires impassioned unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls. Our whole being must be in our praying.

When the knees are not often bent the feet soon slide.

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Every time we pray our horizon is altered our attitude to things is altered not sometimes but every time and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.

Prayer can assume very different forms from quiet blessed contemplation of God in which eye meets eye in restful meditation to deep sighs or sudden exclamations of wonder joy gratitude or adoration.

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.

When we accept God’s invitation to commune with Him through prayer, He will transform our hearts and change our lives.

Women don't have halos built in.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

God holds the right key to every door.

Prayers bring comfort, not change. Change requires tangible human efforts.

Oh my dear! No matter where you are, I will be with you either in person or in my heart.

Anyone who, neglecting that fixed hour of prayer, [will] say he can pray at all times but will probably end in praying at no time.

When we make self the end of prayer it is not worship but self-seeking.

Supplication comes from a place of intrinsic desperation resulting from a broken and contrite heart.

Prayer is a great opportunity to receive grace from God.

Moments of prayer intruded on by sloth cannot be made up. We may get experience, but we cannot get back the rich freshness and strength which were wrapped up in those moments.

Dear Charles, she wrote. After writing to express my appreciation for all the generosity of our friends, I would be remiss indeed if I did not include a missive to you. Out of all the new blessings in my new life, the one I thank God for the most is you. I thank you for writing to me through Genteel Correspondence, and for choosing me out of all the other women eager for adventure in the wild west. I thank you for your kindness, and your gentleness toward me. Only very strong men can be gentle. I thank you for sharing your home and your life with me. I thank you for inventing delicious breakfasts. And chicory flavored coffee. And prayers that ease my mind and inspire my spirit and lift my heart. For your smile and the way you hold your hat in your hands. For the things you say and how you say them. Did you know that I pray for you each day? I do. I pray for your safety and happiness. Yours in Christ, Rose

Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart.

The world is full of problems and I bet you the problems will continue to exist but what will make you relevant to the world is when you have answers to the questions the world asks. You can only be useful when you have the answers to the questions of the world. The best way you provide solutions and answers to those challenges is through wisdom.

She knew that was not an honest prayer, and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been, Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart, and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse.

Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions demanded by work become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men but only in the sight of God. He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work.

When in prayer, there is no need to implore, beg or repeat. You have been heard, and your wishes will be granted perfectly at the right time. Relax, be patient and do not fret.

If you seek the presence of God, you will see the glory of God:

We have to believe that our prayers, if pure and powerful can transform any catastrophic situation, regardless of its magnitude.

The Christian Journey is not just to a place "Heaven", it is also to a person "Jesus". Ephesians 4:13 says "Till we all come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

Give me the Love that leads the wayThe Faith that nothing can dismayThe Hope no disappointments tireThe Passion that'll burn like fireLet me not sink to be a clodMake me Thy fuel, Flame of God

All great dreamers have great faith.

The power of fasting is miraculous.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language or music without atmosphere.

If we would have God in the closet God must have us out of the closet. There is no way of praying to God but by living to God.

And whatever ye shall ask in my name that will I do.

We shouldn't live in a world where we live in constant terror. We need less dying and more living. We need less destroying and more building. We need less hate and more love.

Help me give up my addiction to Hope.

When you go to your knees God will help you stand up to anything.

Let me be of service to all living beings. Let me be in faith that all my needs are taken care of.

If we allow our "high creativity" to remain alive, we will never be bored. We can pray, standing in line at the super market. Or we can be lost in awe at all the people around us, their lives full of glory and tragedy, and suddenly we will have the beginnings of a painting, a story, a song.

There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.

May God grant your a great grace to live the fullness of life in the coming year.

The promises of prayer are extraordinary, but for prayer to work as God promises it to work, it must be purged of self and doubt.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

May the God richly bless humankind.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

The simple heart that freely asks in love obtains.

When we succeed in truly thanking God we feel good at heart. The reason is that we have been created to give glory to God now and for-evermore. And every time we do so we feel that we are in harmony with His plans and purposes for our lives. Then we are truly in our element. That is why it is so blessed.

Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.

Go where your best prayers take you.

A day without prayer is a boast against God.

God has made the Universe and all that is in it, can He ever fail to give us anything that we ask of Him today?

A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.

Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.

The right way to pray then is any way that allows us to communicate with God.

We must pray for more prayer for it is the world's mightiest healing force.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer pray wherever you are.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned heavenward.