Quotes about pray
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. John Piper
prayer ministry whole
Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry. John Piper
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. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer praying
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer anger praying
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer let-me fewer
Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer blood church
The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer. Martin Luther
prayer powerful tied
Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto. Martin Luther
prayer praying heard
All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer two today
I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one. Martin Luther
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. Martin Luther
prayer fire neglect
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith. Martin Luther
prayer half study
To pray well is the better half of study. Martin Luther
prayer believe men
We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience. Martin Luther
prayer three firsts
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. Martin Luther
prayer suffering study
Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor. Martin Luther
prayer believe exercise
The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle, butstirreth him up to all exercises of piety and godliness, and of true religion, to the love of God, to the patient suffering of afflictions, to prayer, to thanksgiving, and the exercise of charity towards all men. Martin Luther
prayer neglect
I cannot neglect prayer for a single day. Martin Luther
prayer praying harder
The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes. Martin Luther
prayer heart climbing
Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God. Martin Luther
prayer powerful believe
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes. Martin Luther
prayer knowing answers
A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer... Nick Cave
prayer moving men
be mindful of the prayers you send pray hard but pray with care for the tears you are crying now are just your answered prayers letters of light we scale merrily, move mysteriously around so that when you think you're climbing up, man, in fact you're climbing down Nick Cave