Quotes about Prayer
What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!
— St. Augustine
Use "breath prayers" throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath: "You are with me."
— Rick Warren
Worship seals all prayers at the front and at the back. Always pray with praise beginning and praise ending.
— David Jeremiah
Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is.
— Ann Voskamp
I know that some believe that voluntary prayer in schools should be restricted to a moment of silence. We already have the right to remain silent - we can take our Fifth Amendment.
— Ronald Reagan
Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.
— JI Packer
When we pray for the Spirit's help ... we will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. There we will find the victory and power that comes from His love.
— Andrew Murray
Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
— Mother Teresa
Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has been crucified with him."
— Watchman Nee
God's first line of defense - and offense - for every situation is prayer.
— Joyce Meyer
When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs.
— Pope John Paul II
If you are having difficulty loving or relating to an individual, take him to God. Bother the Lord with this person. Don't you be bothered with him - leave him at the throne.
— Charles Swindoll