Quotes about pray
prayer eye hands
Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer reading mean
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. J. C. Ryle
prayer hands weapons
Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands. J. C. Ryle
prayer reading use-of-time
Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation. J. C. Ryle
prayer believe differences
What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much. J. C. Ryle
prayer heart forgiving
No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart. J. C. Ryle
prayer men may
A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers. J. C. Ryle
prayer christianity true-christianity
Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity. J. C. Ryle
prayer reading sunday
I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays. J. C. Ryle
prayer successful christ
It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer responsibility hands
If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers. J. C. Ryle
prayer devil sin
Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins. J. C. Ryle
prayer angel blessing
Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and after prayer for God’s approval and blessing. The second is not to expect too much from their partners, and to remember that marriage is, after all, the union of two sinners, and not of two angels. The third rule is to strive first and foremost for one another’s sanctification. The more holy married people are, the happier they are. J. C. Ryle
prayer children habit
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer children love-you
Oh, dear friend, if you love your children, I charge you, do not let the early impression of a habit of prayer slip by. If you train your children to do anything, train them, at least, to have a habit of prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer sin choke
Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer heaven grace
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. J. C. Ryle
prayer heart together
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer firsts neglect
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer grace may
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on. J. C. Ryle
prayer believe causes
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. J. C. Ryle
prayer knees wells
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. J. C. Ryle
prayer book heart
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. J. C. Ryle
prayer believe past
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too. J. C. Ryle
prayer heart eye
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight. J. C. Ryle
prayer mean blessing
Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come. Isaac Watts
prayer discovery answers
All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer. Isaac Newton
prayer needs judgment
Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers. Jim Caviezel
praying
We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say: We are that to which we pray Jewel
prayer angel way
We are each others angels in the way that we answer each others prayers and we can also make each others lives miserable. Jewel
prayer treasure may
The Lord's Prayer is short and mysterious, and, like the treasures of the Spirit, full of wisdom and latent senses: it is not improper to draw forth those excellencies which are intended and signified by every petition, that by so excellent an authority we may know what it is lawful to beg of God. Jeremy Taylor
prayer meditation soul
Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit; and our wandering thoughts in prayer are but the neglects of meditation and recessions from that duty; according as we neglect meditation, so are our prayers imperfect, - meditation being the soul of prayer and the intention of our spirit. Jeremy Taylor
prayer garden office
The private devotions and secret offices of religion are like the refreshing of a garden with the distilling and petty drops of a waterpot; but addressed from the temple, they are like ram from heaven. Jeremy Taylor