Quotes about prayer
prayer love-is men
Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary: I humbly pray to heaven above that I love the man I marry. Anouk Aimee
prayer heart past
Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it lingers in my heart. And who can tell but Heaven, at last, May answer all my thousand prayers, And bid the future pay the past With joy for anguish, smiles for tears? Anne Bronte
prayer names giving
I pray everywhere--in the shower, on a plane, in traffic, you name it. When I feel like I have had enough, I will literally take a knee, bow my head, and beg God for help and strength. I know not to beg Him for patience, because then He gives me situations in which I have to grow more patient; I learned that lesson! And if I am having a wonderful day, I will stop to thank Him. It's a relationship. Angie Harmon
prayer heart choices
When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart's choice, and I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Amy Carmichael
prayer soul relief
It is a solemn thing to find oneself drawn out in prayer which knows no relief till the soul it is burdened with is born. It is no less solemn afterwards, until Christ is formed in them.
prayer father ministers
My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. Anna Lee
prayer arms belief
To love another is somethinglike prayer and it can't be planned, you just fallinto its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief. Anne Sexton
prayer poetry
Poetry to me is prayer ...
prayer heart needs
Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one.
prayer fall love-is
Love? Be it man. Be it woman. It must be a wave you want to glide in on, give your body to it, give your laugh to it, give, when the gravelly sand takes you, your tears to the land. To love another is something like prayer and can't be planned, you just fall into its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.
prayer guy waiting
Thank God he killed the guy. Oh, now, wait a minute. What kind of a prayer was that! Anne Rice
prayer firsts conversation
The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer. Andrew Sullivan
prayer men depth
At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him. D. Elton Trueblood
prayer blessing fruit
Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings. D. A. Carson
prayer people would-be
All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.
prayer thinking self
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.
prayer self our-world
Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.
prayer blessing drawing
Draw nigh to God, so that you may dread the grave as little as your bed. Draw nigh to God, that you may live a happy and useful life. Drawing nigh to God is the most concentrated energy of the soul. Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.
prayer approval reputation
The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.
prayer thinking unexpected
Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things above all that we ask or think. Andy Murray
prayer secret earth
O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.
prayer heart giving
Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.
prayer men influence-and-power
Nowhere can we get to know the holiness of God, and come under His influence and power, except in the inner chamber. It has been well said: "No man can expect to make progress in holiness who is not often and long alone with God."
prayer mean abiding
Abiding fully means praying much.
prayer believe simple
I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help, Thanks, Wow. Anne Lamott
prayer purpose doe
Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God. Chuck Smith
prayers
The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet.
prayer remember
When fear replaces faith, remember prayer. Thomas S. Monson
prayer creativity men
Unless a man learns how to create, he never becomes a part of existence, which is constantly creative. By being creative one becomes divine; creativity is the only prayer. Rajneesh
prayer men knives
When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck. Simon Newcomb
prayer secret church
A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the congregational setting. Richard Burr
prayer thinking meditation
Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain one moment without thought, great power will come. Swami Vivekananda
prayer hypocrite dark
By work alone, men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer. Buddha was a working Jnani, Christ was a Bhakta, but the same goal was reached by both of them. Good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.