Quotes about Transformation
Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Though prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.
— Chuck Smith
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.
— William Law
Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His. If obedience is lacking, even prayer cannot be pleasing to God.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
My prayer today is that God would make me an extraordinary Christian.
— George Whitefield
Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.
— Jim Cymbala
Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us.
— RC Sproul
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
— JC Ryle
Why pray if we cannot change God? ...is that why we pray? To change omniscient Love? Isn't it rather to learn what it is and to fulfill it? Not to change it by our acts, but to change our acts by it.
— Peter Kreeft
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