Quotes about prayer
prayer powerful littles
Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare and feeble thing. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer office doe
Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer classroom revival
Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer needs energy
Our praying, however, needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage which never fails. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer atmosphere devotion
Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer mind answers
Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer praying study
We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours of rigorous study. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer order needs
The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God at His central throne of control in order to discover a sense of God's need in order to call on God's help to meet that need. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer moving spirit
Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer heart important
The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer giving perfect
Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, and broadens and strengthens the mind. The prayer closet is a perfect schoolteacher and schoolhouse for the preacher. Thought is not only brightened and clarified in prayer, but thought is born in prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer doe needs
Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless or that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses. Trust receives what prayer acquires. So, what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust. Edward McKendree Bounds
prayer men soul
That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to Man. That the Soul is immortal. And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter. Benjamin Franklin
prayer journey hinder
Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey. Benjamin Franklin
prayer issues feelings
I feel bad because I haven't been able to say anything to the fans to let them no why I've been absent. I'm torn as I'm quite private. I'm not feeling well. I'm having some health issues. So please keep me in your prayers. Avril Lavigne
prayer earth sacred
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer. Black Elk
prayer request our-prayers
Be specific in your prayer requests of GOD. Benny Hinn
prayer self world
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender. Abraham Joshua Heschel
prayer self consciousness
In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender Abraham Joshua Heschel
prayer people half
When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.' David Letterman
prayer adventure serious
I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get serious about prayer, the trigger is usually desperation, not duty.... We don't pray because we ought, we pray because we are without any other recourse. David Jeremiah
prayer keys unlocking
Prayer is the key to unlocking God's prevailing power in your life. David Jeremiah
prayer heart purpose
The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart. David Jeremiah
prayer hard-work christianity
Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results. David Jeremiah
prayer wings bird
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul. Corrie Ten Boom
prayer school years
I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me! Corrie Ten Boom
prayer book thinking
I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer. Karen Armstrong