Quotes about pray
prayer practice may
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. Matthew Henry
prayer may forget
Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers.
prayer letters
The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.
prayer thinking games
First and foremost, prayer is so helpful. But I think that you need to face your fears head on. Don't avoid them or say that you're not scared. Acknowledge it and be honest about it. It's normal to get nervous about a big game or to get nervous about an important event in your life. Matt Cullen
prayer differences perspective
Accept the things I cannot change," I said. "And pray for the courage to change the things I can, as well as the wisdom to know the difference." The thing is... I know this is good advice. It's called the Serenity Prayer, and it really does put things in perspective (it's suppose to be for recovering alcoholics, but it helps recovering freakoutaholics, like me, as well). Meg Cabot
prayer writing praying
For me writing has always felt like praying even when I wasn't writing prayers. Marilynne Robinson
praying intimacy praying-for-you
That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth.
prayer grateful dark
I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.
prayer doubt excellence
Without doubt I praise the wild excellence... Pablo Neruda
prayer praying
When you sing, you pray twice. Johnny Cash
prayer men balance
If a man were poor or hungry, [some] would say, let us pray for him. I would suggest a little different regimen for a person in this condition: rather take him a bag of flour and a little beef or pork, and a little sugar and butter. A few such comforts will do him more good than your prayers. And I would be ashamed to ask the Lord to do something that I would not do myself. Then go to work and help the poor yourselves first, and do all you can for them, and then call upon God to do the balance. John Taylor
prayer giving reason-why
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us. John Selden
prayer sky parent
Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going to take care of us. John Shelby Spong
praying enough easy
It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.
prayer religion atheism
Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
prayer father maturity
The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity.
prayer thinking land
Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
prayer thinking people
Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.
prayer thinking people
If you're really thinking prayer can stop rockets or bullets, you have to ask why some people do get hit by rockets or bullets. Are they people who no one prayed for? Are they people who God just didn't like? I don't think so.
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