Quotes about Grace
A generous prayer is never presented in vain the petition may be refused but the petitioner is always I believe rewarded by some gracious visitation.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
O Lord forgive what I have been sanctify what I am and order what I shall be.
— Anonymous
Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need.
— John Newton
O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will.
— Thomas a Kempis
When my children do wrong I ache to hear their stumbling requests for forgiveness. I'm sure our heavenly Father aches even more deeply to hear from us.
— Anonymous
God answers all true prayer either in kind or in kindness.
— Adoniram Judson
God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses we are in a very elementary condition of grace.
— Oswald Chambers
Beyond our utmost wants His love and power can bless To praying souls he always grants More than they can express.
— John Newton
Prayers are heard in heaven very much in proportion to your faith. Little faith will get very great mercies but great faith still greater.
— Charles Spurgeon
The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption.
— John Newton
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.
— Tullian Tchividjian