Prayer Quotes - Page 42

Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

Life is fragile, handle with prayer.

Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.

I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, and a lovely day. There's no mystery, no one asks for money, I don't have to dress up, and there's no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to "God" are all answered at about the same 50% rate.

Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.

The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.

One of the most effective ways to pray is to ask God to give you a promise from his Word concerning whatever it is you're praying for. Then hold him to his Word as you pray it back to him. It's what has been called "reversed thunder." God keeps his Word, and basing our prayer on his Word gives our prayers strength and confidence because we know we're asking for something God wants to give us.

Satan can't keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.

There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out.

God has not changed; and His ear is just as quick to hear the voice of real prayer, and His hand is just as long and strong to save; as it ever was.

Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.

We have taken that truth, that if you truly believe and you confess Christ even if it costs you your life ... we have taken that beautiful truth and reduced it down to, "If you pray a little prayer before a bunch of people in a church in America, you can be guaranteed you were saved if you think you were sincere."

There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their prayers.

There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence."

Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.

I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother. She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.

He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David.

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer

Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.