Quotes about Growth
The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God's power spills over into other areas of our life.
— Dallas Willard
Though prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.
— Chuck Smith
My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian.
— George Whitefield
What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.
— Mary Baker Eddy
Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.
— Joyce Meyer
The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."
— Jim Cymbala
Prayer does not change God; it changes me.
— CS Lewis
The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.
— Larry Crabb
The life of prayer is so great and various there is something in it for everyone. It is like a garden which grows everything, from alpines to potatoes.
— Evelyn Underhill
Prayer and love are really learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart turns to stone.
— Thomas Merton
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
— Phillips Brooks