Quotes about prayer
prayer gold treasure
The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. John Bunyan
prayer soul pouring
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
prayer laughing sometimes
A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes. Lucy Maud Montgomery
prayer children father
In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them. Louisa May Alcott
prayer memories eye
Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922 A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees, a noise in my ear, a light in my eye, an anything, a nothing, a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayers. John Donne
prayer heart thrones
Prayer is our essential lifeline to God's throne and heart. Franklin Graham
prayer moving speak
Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer. Francois Fenelon
prayer work ought
Were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.
prayer desire praying
To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.
prayer occupation speak
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.
prayer weakness praying
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
prayer praying trouble
Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.
prayer faithful regularity
To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb
prayer blessing opportunity
Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.
prayer two attention
There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God; we must continually seek to cherish it, and we must avoid everything that tends to make us lose it.
prayer passion listening
God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him
prayer praying granted
He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.
prayer father heart
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Him. The true prayer is that of the heart, and the heart prays only for what it desires. To pray, then is to desire -- but to desire what God would have us desire. He who asks what he does not from the bottom of his heart desire, is mistaken in thinking that he prays.
prayer essentials christianity
Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.
prayer pain real
Say, ye oppress'd by some fantastic woes, Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose; Who press the downy couch, while slaves advance With timid eye, to read the distant glance; Who with sad prayers the weary doctor tease, To name the nameless ever-new disease; Who with mock patience dire complaints endure, Which real pain and that alone can cure; How would ye bear in real pain to lie, Despised, neglected, left alone to die? How would ye bear to draw your latest breath, Where all that's wretched paves the way for death? George Crabbe
prayer hate men
Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him. Lois McMaster Bujold
prayer moving doors
This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.
prayer savages answers
The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.
prayer home unapologetic
In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic. Lyndon B. Johnson
prayer destiny men
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
prayer blessing fans
Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family. Luke Bryan
prayer believe order
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles. Louis D. Brandeis
prayer father believe
I believe in the efficacy of prayer and I have a deep and sorrowful sympathy for one who is without faith. I believe our Father answers every prayer-all prayers-with His matchless, inscrutable wisdom, with infinite compassion and with love. Loretta Young
prayer farewell air
Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky. Lord Byron
prayer father men
Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer.
prayer grief tired
... most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak. What is more, they need a steak. Preferably they need it rare, grilled, heavily salted, for that way it is most easily digested, and most quickly turned into the glandular whip their tired adrenals cry for. M. F. K. Fisher
prayer soul bereavement
Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.
prayer worry needs
I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go. Lou Holtz