Prayer
Quotes
1."Action without
prayer is arrogance, prayer without
action is hypocrisy." - Jose Zayas
2. “If we pray little,
it is probably because we do not really believe that prayer accomplishes much at all.”
Wayne A. Grudem
4. "Give yourselves
to prayer and the ministry of the Word. If you do not pray, God will probably
lay you aside from your ministry, as He did me, to teach you to pray."
– Robert Murray McCheyne
– Robert Murray McCheyne
5. "The
evangelization of the world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer.
Deeper than the need for men - aye, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless
life, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide
prayer."- Andrew Murray
6. "Prayer and praise
are to the Christian as the two wings are to the bird. Don't expect the bird to
fly if one wing is broken. Even so the Christian needs both prayer and
praise." - J.
Wesley Adcock
7. You can do more than
pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have
prayed. -- A. J. Gordon
8. I have so much to do
that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. -- Martin Luther
9. The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.
-- E. M. Bounds
10. The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. --Alexander Whyte
11. The world needs more true praying to save it from the reign and ruin of Satan. -- E.M. Bounds
12. Prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." --Chrysostom
13. Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with God. -- Wesley L. Duewel
14. Prayer is the master strategy that God gives for the defeat and rout of Satan.
-- Wesley L. Duewel
15. Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need.
-- Wesley L. Duewel
16. Walking with God down the avenue of prayer we acquire something of His likeness, and unconsciously we become witnesses to others of His beauty and His grace.
-- E. M. Bounds
17. Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid. -- E.M. Bounds
18. The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying. -- E.M. Bounds
19. The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. -- E. M. Bounds
20. Sainthood's piety is made, refined, perfected, by prayer. The gospel moves with slow and timid pace when the saints are not at their prayers early and late and long. - E. M. Bounds
9. The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.
-- E. M. Bounds
10. The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer. --Alexander Whyte
11. The world needs more true praying to save it from the reign and ruin of Satan. -- E.M. Bounds
12. Prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings." --Chrysostom
13. Prayer is the supreme way to be workers together with God. -- Wesley L. Duewel
14. Prayer is the master strategy that God gives for the defeat and rout of Satan.
-- Wesley L. Duewel
15. Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need.
-- Wesley L. Duewel
16. Walking with God down the avenue of prayer we acquire something of His likeness, and unconsciously we become witnesses to others of His beauty and His grace.
-- E. M. Bounds
17. Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid. -- E.M. Bounds
18. The first and last stages of holy living are crowned with praying. -- E.M. Bounds
19. The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. -- E. M. Bounds
20. Sainthood's piety is made, refined, perfected, by prayer. The gospel moves with slow and timid pace when the saints are not at their prayers early and late and long. - E. M. Bounds
22. Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer. - E.M. Bounds
23. Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer. - E. M. Bounds
24. The goal of prayer is the ear of God. E. M. Bounds
25. Prayer should not be regarded "as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty." - E.M. Bounds
26. God's children should pray. They should cry day and night to Him. God hears every one of your cries in the busy hour of the daytime and in the lonely watches of the night. - Robert Murray McCheyne
27. Prayer succeeds when all else fails. - E.M. Bounds
28. We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution. - E.M. Bounds
29. Holy living is essential preparation for prayer. - E.M. Bounds
30. Prayer is not the
cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to
get out of Him what you want. - F.J. Huegel
32. prayer is "a silent surrendering of everything to God." Soren Kierkegaard
33. All that true prayer seeks is God Himself, for with Him we get all we need.
- The Kneeling Christian
34. The greatest blow sent Satan-ward is made by weeping warriors of prayer. - Dick Eastman
35. I live in the spirit of prayer; I pray as I walk, when I lie down and when I rise, and the answers are always coming. - George Mueller
36. Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. - John Calvin
37. The greatest hindrance to effective prayer is sin. Satan's greatest goal is to keep us from our knees. - Dick Eastman
38. Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian. -- Andrew Murray
39. Prayer, real prayer, is lethal to Satan's cause. -- Selected
40. Prayer is the Christian's first line of defense against demonic influence. Fervent, sincere prayer thwarts Satan's activity like nothing else. -- The Bondage Breaker
41. A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life. -- E. M. Bounds
42. Pray alone. Let prayer be the key of the morning and the bolt at night. The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees. -- Philip Henry
43. Holiness is not to love Jesus and do whatever you want. Holiness is to love God and do what He wants. -- C. Peter Wagner
44. God uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them. - Harold Lindsell
45. The Holy Spirit is the greatest teacher of prayer. Lord, teach us to pray. -- Selected
32. prayer is "a silent surrendering of everything to God." Soren Kierkegaard
33. All that true prayer seeks is God Himself, for with Him we get all we need.
- The Kneeling Christian
34. The greatest blow sent Satan-ward is made by weeping warriors of prayer. - Dick Eastman
35. I live in the spirit of prayer; I pray as I walk, when I lie down and when I rise, and the answers are always coming. - George Mueller
36. Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. - John Calvin
37. The greatest hindrance to effective prayer is sin. Satan's greatest goal is to keep us from our knees. - Dick Eastman
38. Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian. -- Andrew Murray
39. Prayer, real prayer, is lethal to Satan's cause. -- Selected
40. Prayer is the Christian's first line of defense against demonic influence. Fervent, sincere prayer thwarts Satan's activity like nothing else. -- The Bondage Breaker
41. A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life. -- E. M. Bounds
42. Pray alone. Let prayer be the key of the morning and the bolt at night. The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees. -- Philip Henry
43. Holiness is not to love Jesus and do whatever you want. Holiness is to love God and do what He wants. -- C. Peter Wagner
44. God uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them. - Harold Lindsell
45. The Holy Spirit is the greatest teacher of prayer. Lord, teach us to pray. -- Selected
46. All real growth in the
spiritual life, all victory over temptation, all confidence and peace in the presence
of difficulties and dangers, all repose of spirit in times of great
disappointment or loss, all habitual communion with God, - depends upon the
practice of secret prayer. - The Kneeling Christian
47. If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith. -- Martin Luther
48. Nothing you can do will benefit you more than prayer. -- Paul Y. Cho
49. God's command to "pray without ceasing" is founded on the necessity we have of his grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air. - John Wesley
50. Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him. - John Wesley
51. All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by His choice. - John Wesley
52. Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things. - John Wesley
47. If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith. -- Martin Luther
48. Nothing you can do will benefit you more than prayer. -- Paul Y. Cho
49. God's command to "pray without ceasing" is founded on the necessity we have of his grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air. - John Wesley
50. Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him. - John Wesley
51. All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by His choice. - John Wesley
52. Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things. - John Wesley
53. In souls filled with love, the desire to
please God is continual prayer. - John Wesley
54. God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love. For these desires, being the genuine fruits of love, are the most perfect prayers that can spring from it. - John Wesley
55. To pray with bitterness toward fellowmen nullifies hours on our knees.- Dick Eastman
56. Prayer is the highest order of business, for it links a powerless human to the creative force of God's sovereign power.- Selected
57. The price of prayerlessness far exceeds the price of prayer.- Selected
58. The prayer of faith is the only power in the universe to which the Great Jehovah yields. Prayer is the sovereign remedy.- Robert Hall
59. Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive. - Oswald Chambers
60. Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. - E. M. Bounds
54. God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love. For these desires, being the genuine fruits of love, are the most perfect prayers that can spring from it. - John Wesley
55. To pray with bitterness toward fellowmen nullifies hours on our knees.- Dick Eastman
56. Prayer is the highest order of business, for it links a powerless human to the creative force of God's sovereign power.- Selected
57. The price of prayerlessness far exceeds the price of prayer.- Selected
58. The prayer of faith is the only power in the universe to which the Great Jehovah yields. Prayer is the sovereign remedy.- Robert Hall
59. Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive. - Oswald Chambers
60. Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. - E. M. Bounds
61. Prayer is the acid
test of devotion. - Samuel Chadwick
62. The only power that God will yield to is that of prayer. - Leonard Ravenhill
63. One of the cornerstones of a healthy church is having people who are faithful in prayer. - Selected
64. As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray. - Martin Luther
65. Prayerlessness is sin. - Harold Lindsell
62. The only power that God will yield to is that of prayer. - Leonard Ravenhill
63. One of the cornerstones of a healthy church is having people who are faithful in prayer. - Selected
64. As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray. - Martin Luther
65. Prayerlessness is sin. - Harold Lindsell
66. Prayerlessness is
disobedience, for God's command is that men ought always to pray and not faint.
To be prayerless is to fail God, for He says, "Ask of
me." - Leonard Ravenhill
67. Prayer is my chief
work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. -Thomas Hooker
68. The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward. - George Campbell Morgan
69. The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. - Leonard Ravenhill
70. We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ. -E. M. Bounds
71. Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great detergent. - Leonard Ravenhill
72. Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. - S.D. Gordon
73. The secret of all failure is our failure in secret prayer. - The Kneeling Christian
74. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies. - The Kneeling Christian (Also, see Philippians 4:6)
75. The prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important. - Oswald Chambers
76. Unless the heart is right the prayer must be wrong. - The Kneeling Christian
77. There is no greater test to spirituality than prayer. The man who tries to pray quickly discovers just where he stands in God's sight. - The Kneeling Christian
78. Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole. - S. D. Gordon
68. The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward. - George Campbell Morgan
69. The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. - Leonard Ravenhill
70. We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ. -E. M. Bounds
71. Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great detergent. - Leonard Ravenhill
72. Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. - S.D. Gordon
73. The secret of all failure is our failure in secret prayer. - The Kneeling Christian
74. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgment of His mercies. - The Kneeling Christian (Also, see Philippians 4:6)
75. The prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important. - Oswald Chambers
76. Unless the heart is right the prayer must be wrong. - The Kneeling Christian
77. There is no greater test to spirituality than prayer. The man who tries to pray quickly discovers just where he stands in God's sight. - The Kneeling Christian
78. Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole. - S. D. Gordon
79. God's greatest agency;
man's greatest agency, for defeating the enemy and winning men back is intercession.
- S. D. Gordon
80. The mightiest prayers are often those drenched with the Word of God. - Herbert Lockyer
81. The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
82. True prayer is measured by weight,-not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length. - C. H. Spurgeon
83. If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ. - C. H. Spurgeon
80. The mightiest prayers are often those drenched with the Word of God. - Herbert Lockyer
81. The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
82. True prayer is measured by weight,-not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length. - C. H. Spurgeon
83. If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ. - C. H. Spurgeon
84. When God's mercies are
coming, their footfalls are our desires to pray. - C. H. Spurgeon
85. God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it. - C. H. Spurgeon
86. A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. - C. H. Spurgeon
87. The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong. - E. M. Bounds
85. God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it. - C. H. Spurgeon
86. A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. - C. H. Spurgeon
87. The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong. - E. M. Bounds
88. 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. - Oswald Chambers
89. If the
spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy Spirit, praying
without ceasing will be natural. - Andrew Murray
90. Without set times of prayer, the spirit of prayer will be dull and feeble. Without the continual prayerfulness, the set times will not avail. - Andrew Murray
91. Scripture calls us to pray for many things: for all saints; for all men; for kings and all rulers; for all who are in adversity; for the sending forth of laborers; for those who labor in the gospel; for all converts; for believers who have fallen into sin; for one another in our immediate circles. - Andrew Murray
92. The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present all the time in every condition. - Oswald Chambers
93. Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men". - Oswald Chambers
90. Without set times of prayer, the spirit of prayer will be dull and feeble. Without the continual prayerfulness, the set times will not avail. - Andrew Murray
91. Scripture calls us to pray for many things: for all saints; for all men; for kings and all rulers; for all who are in adversity; for the sending forth of laborers; for those who labor in the gospel; for all converts; for believers who have fallen into sin; for one another in our immediate circles. - Andrew Murray
92. The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present all the time in every condition. - Oswald Chambers
93. Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men". - Oswald Chambers
94. It is not wrong to pray in the early morning,
but it is wrong to have the motive that it should be known. - Oswald
Chambers
95. Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit. - Oswald Chambers
95. Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit. - Oswald Chambers
96. All earthly things
with earth will pass away; Prayer grasps eternity. Then pray, always pray! - E. H. Bickersteth
97. True prayer is a lonely business - Samuel Chadwick
98. Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.- Andrew Murray
99. Every work of God can be traced to some kneeling form. - Dwight L. Moody
100. Prayer is the key to success. Not to pray is to fail. To pray aright is never to fail. - Amzi Clarence Dixon
97. True prayer is a lonely business - Samuel Chadwick
98. Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian.- Andrew Murray
99. Every work of God can be traced to some kneeling form. - Dwight L. Moody
100. Prayer is the key to success. Not to pray is to fail. To pray aright is never to fail. - Amzi Clarence Dixon
101. God answers prayer on
the ground of Redemption and on no other ground. - Oswald Chambers
102. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life. - Oswald Chambers
102. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life. - Oswald Chambers
103. HOW TO PRAY:
A. Pray Genuinely. Matt. 6:5 In prayer be genuine, for you are dealing with God.
B. Pray Secretly. Matt. 6:6 All real prayer is private with God the only auditor.
C. Pray Definitely. Matt. 6:7 God wants us to express our needs in a clear, intelligent manner.
D. Pray Fraternally. Matt.6:9 "Our Father" We are...united in family ties to all Christians.
E. Pray Reverently. Matt. 6:9 " Hallowed be thy name" Let no word pass our lips which in any way takes the name of God in vain.
F. Pray Loyally and Hopefully. Matt. 6:10 "Thy kingdom come" While we are permitted to be lovingly familiar, we must be loyally true.
G. Pray Submissively and Aggressively. Matt. 6:10 "Thy will be done" His will is law, and it is never violated. Such is the standard we should have before us, and we should be satisfied with nothing less.
H. Pray dependently. Matt. 6:11 "Give us this day our daily bread" ...the word "daily"...has in it no thought of time. It means "needed", "necessary."
I. Pray Cautiously. Matt. 6:13 "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One." We should keep as far from danger as possible. Amzi Clarence Dixon
104. Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered. - Oswald Chambers
105. Prayer is life passionately wanting, wishing, desiring God's triumph. Prayer is life striving and toiling everywhere and always for that ultimate victory. - George Campbell Morgan
106. Men ought not to faint because men ought to pray. - George Campbell Morgan
107. Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do. Charles Spurgeon
108. Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible. Corrie ten Boom
109. Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before. - A.W.Tozer
110. "Too busy; O forgive, Dear Lord, that I should ever be, too much engrossed in earthly tasks, to spend an hour with thee." -- A.B. Christiansen
111. "O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth." Andrew Murray
112. "The secret of praying is praying in secret." -- Leonard Ravenhill
113. "Prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer- pray till you can pray." -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
114. The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and God ward. - George Campbell Morgan
115. Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid. - Oswald Chambers
116. Our true character comes out in the way we pray. - Oswald Chambers
117. Prayer imparts the power to walk and not faint. - Oswald Chambers
118. Prayer is not getting things from God, that is the most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God; I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does. - Oswald Chambers
119. Prayer is the answer to every problem there is. - Oswald Chambers
120. Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer. - Oswald Chambers
121. Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. - Phillips Brooks
121. Prayer has mighty power to move mountains because the Holy Spirit is ready both to encourage our praying and to remove the mountains hindering us. Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways. - Wesley L. Duewel
122. Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures the will of God. Its purpose is to accomplish God's will on earth. Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won. - Wesley L. Duewel
123. Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time. - Wesley L. Duewel
124. Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him, conversing with God about all the things that are important in life, both large and small, and being assured that He is listening. - C. Neil Strait
125. The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God. - Jim Cymbala
126. Trouble is one of
God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the
Lord. - Jim Cymbala
127. The main thing that God asks for is our attention. - Jim Cymbala
128. Prayer is the Christian's first line of defense against demonic influence. Fervent, sincere prayer thwarts Satan's activity like nothing else. - The Bondage Breaker
129. Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love. - Richard Foster
130. "A powerful and necessary weapon in the prayer warfare is thinking, sharp, discerning thinking. 1 Peter 4:7. This attitude is a manifestation of the kingdomof God in the midst of turmoil." - Lars Widerberg
131. Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion. - E. M. Bounds
132. ". . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world." - E. M. Bounds
133. He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven. - E.M. Bounds
134. When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves. - A.W. Tozer
135. Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God. - R.A Torrey
136. So the preacher of the gospel asks your prayers: and it is a part of the duties arising out of the relationship between Christian men that those who are taught should pray for those who teach God's Word. - C. H. Spurgeon
137. No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who does not give much time to praying.
127. The main thing that God asks for is our attention. - Jim Cymbala
128. Prayer is the Christian's first line of defense against demonic influence. Fervent, sincere prayer thwarts Satan's activity like nothing else. - The Bondage Breaker
129. Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love. - Richard Foster
130. "A powerful and necessary weapon in the prayer warfare is thinking, sharp, discerning thinking. 1 Peter 4:7. This attitude is a manifestation of the kingdomof God in the midst of turmoil." - Lars Widerberg
131. Prayer thrives in the atmosphere of true devotion. - E. M. Bounds
132. ". . . every preacher who does not make prayer a mighty factor in his own life and ministry is weak as a factor in God's work and is powerless to project God's cause in this world." - E. M. Bounds
133. He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven. - E.M. Bounds
134. When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves. - A.W. Tozer
135. Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God. - R.A Torrey
136. So the preacher of the gospel asks your prayers: and it is a part of the duties arising out of the relationship between Christian men that those who are taught should pray for those who teach God's Word. - C. H. Spurgeon
137. No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who does not give much time to praying.
- E. M. Bounds
138. Give me one hundred
preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a
straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of
hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. God does nothing but in answer
to prayer. - John Wesley
139. "Work as if everything depends on you;
pray as if everything depends on God." - John Wesley
140. I have been driven many times to my knees by
the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and
that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. - Abraham Lincoln
141. Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the Father possible. - Billy Graham
142. Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life. - William Law
143. You can do more than pray after you've prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. - John Bunyan
144. I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours. - William Wilberforce
145. To pray is to let Jesus come into our hearts. It is not our prayer which moves the Lord Jesus. It is Jesus who moves us to pray. - O. Hallesby
146. O believing brethren! what an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe." - Robert MurrayMcCheyne.
147. "To despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer." - John Bunyan
141. Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the Father possible. - Billy Graham
142. Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life. - William Law
143. You can do more than pray after you've prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. - John Bunyan
144. I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours. - William Wilberforce
145. To pray is to let Jesus come into our hearts. It is not our prayer which moves the Lord Jesus. It is Jesus who moves us to pray. - O. Hallesby
146. O believing brethren! what an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe." - Robert MurrayMcCheyne.
147. "To despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer." - John Bunyan
148. "Prayer makes a godly man, and puts
within him "the mind of Christ," the mind of humility, of
self-surrender, of service, of pity, and of prayer. If we really pray, we will
become more like God, or else we will quit praying." - E. M. Bounds
149. "Prayer is the greatest vehicle to have a congregation united in seeing Christ's mission fulfilled." - Oni Kittle
150. "No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life." - Leonard Ravenhill
151. "To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different." - Leonard Ravenhill
152. "Pray absolutely for those things you may pray for absolutely. Pray conditionally for those things you may pray for conditionally. For those things you can't pray for - don't." - Paul Gerhardt
153. "Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear." - F. B. Meyer
154. The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things. – O. Chambers
155. "All that God is, and all that God has, is at the disposal of prayer. Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do everything, prayer is omnipotent." - R. A. Torrey
149. "Prayer is the greatest vehicle to have a congregation united in seeing Christ's mission fulfilled." - Oni Kittle
150. "No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life." - Leonard Ravenhill
151. "To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different." - Leonard Ravenhill
152. "Pray absolutely for those things you may pray for absolutely. Pray conditionally for those things you may pray for conditionally. For those things you can't pray for - don't." - Paul Gerhardt
153. "Fall on your knees and grow there. There is no burden of the spirit but is lighter by kneeling under it. Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear." - F. B. Meyer
154. The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things. – O. Chambers
155. "All that God is, and all that God has, is at the disposal of prayer. Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do everything, prayer is omnipotent." - R. A. Torrey
156. The more helpless you
are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will
experience. – O. Hallesby
157. Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men. - Oswald Chambers
158. He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the grass grow on the path to our prayer chamber than anything else. E.M.Bounds
159. "Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you." - Andrew Murray
157. Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men. - Oswald Chambers
158. He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the grass grow on the path to our prayer chamber than anything else. E.M.Bounds
159. "Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you." - Andrew Murray
160. "At the heart of every revival is the
spirit of prayer." - Arthur Wallis
161. "Prevailing
prayer requires a tender, compassionate heart, a deep solicitude for the glory
of God and the good of His people. Nehemiah wept and mourned." - Arthur Wallis
162. All the mighty
interceding of the ages that has ever shaken the kingdom of darkness has been
based upon the promises of God." - Arthur Wallis
163. "Each time you intercede, be quiet first and worship God in His glory. Think
of what He can do, of how He delights to hear Christ, of your place in Christ,
and expect great things." - Andrew
Murray
164. "True revival
lives in prayer. Prayer draws power from revival. We need only to follow the
way-marks of their remarkable history to be satisfied of their inseparable
unity." - Johnston, J. B
165. "More things are wrought by prayer than these
world dreams of." - Lord
Alfred Tennyson
166. "Without
prayer religion in the soul would die, as without respiration temporal death
would ensue. Prayer is the breath of the soul." - Johnston, J. B
167. "Prayer, in
every care and anxiety and need of life, with thanksgiving, is the means God
has appointed for our obtaining freedom from all anxiety, and the peace of God
which passed all understanding." R.A. Torrey
168. “A godly man is
a praying man. As soon as grace is poured in, prayer is poured out. Prayer is
the soul’s traffic with Heaven; God comes down to us by His Spirit, and we go
up to Him by prayer.” Thomas Watson
169. “Prayer is not
designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble his
heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to
raise his soul from earth to heaven.” - Adam Clarke
170. "Prayer is not
so much an act as it is an attitude of dependency, dependency upon
God. Prayer is a confession of creature weakness, yes, of
helplessness. Prayer is the acknowledgment of our need and the
spreading of it before God." – Arthur Pink, Baker
171. "A much praying minister will receive an
entrance into God's will he would otherwise know nothing of." - Andrew Murray
172. “Prayer humbles us, stretches us, shapes us,
encourages us, challenges us, deepens us, and leads us along the pathway of
spiritual growth.” - Dr. Ray Prichard
173. “There are more
battles won through prayer than by any other means.” – Chuck Smith
174. “If we pray little, it is probably because we
do not really believe that prayer accomplishes much at all.” - Wayne
A. Grudem
175. “Prayer is your way,
often the only way, to water the harvest. By prayer you can bring the Holy
Spirit's blessing on any gospel effort anywhere in the world.” --Wesley Duewel
176. “Prayer opens the
heart of God, and is a means by which the empty soul is filled.” – John Bunyan
177. “Prayer is a weapon,
a mighty weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers are to be a continual,
conscious, earnest effort of battle, the battle against whatever is not
God’s will.” - P.
T. Forsyth
178. "Four things let
us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God
answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer." E. M.
Bounds
179. "God
does nothing except in response to believing prayer." John Wesley
180. "Prayer is where the action is." John Wesley
180. "Prayer is where the action is." John Wesley
181. "The man who mobilizes the Christian
church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in
history." Andrew Murray
182. "Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian." Andrew Murray
183. " The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong." E. M. Bounds
184. "Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds
182. "Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian." Andrew Murray
183. " The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong." E. M. Bounds
184. "Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still." E.M. Bounds
185. "Prayer does not fit us for the greater
work; prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers.
186. God warms his hands at man’s heart when he
prays. ~ John Masefield
187. It is possible to move men, through God, by
prayer alone. ~ Hudson Taylor
188. Work, work, from morning until late at
night. In fact, I have so much to do that I shall have to spend the first
three hours in prayer. ~ Martin Luther
189. To get nations back on their feet, we must
first get down on our knees. ~ Billy Graham
190. Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace
of God. ~ Oswald Chambers
191. Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God’s
voice is its most essential part. Listening to God’s voice is the secret
of the assurance that He will listen to mine. ~ Andrew
Murray
192. Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and
inhaling the spirit of God. Edwin Keith
193. To pray well is the better half of study.
~ Martin Luther
194. A prayer less soul is
a Christ less soul.
A graceless man will be a prayer less man. The Prayer Meeting and Its History, J. B. Johnston
195. All religion is founded on prayer, and in prayer it has its test and measure. P.T. Forsyth
196. All you need to do to learn to pray is to pray. Wesley Duewel
197. Communion is deeper than theology. Samuel Chadwick
198. Doubtful prayer is no
prayer at all. John Calvin
199. Draw nigh to God, so that you may dread the grave as little as your bed.
Draw nigh to God, that you may live a happy and useful life.
Drawing nigh to God is the most concentrated energy of the soul.
Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring
blessings. D.A. Carson
200. Either we pray or we faint. Ray Stedman
201. Give me Scotland or I die. John Knox
199. Draw nigh to God, so that you may dread the grave as little as your bed.
Draw nigh to God, that you may live a happy and useful life.
Drawing nigh to God is the most concentrated energy of the soul.
Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring
blessings. D.A. Carson
200. Either we pray or we faint. Ray Stedman
201. Give me Scotland or I die. John Knox
202. God always does His
new things in the same old way. Everything by Prayer, Fred Hartley
203. God never intended
for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He
often does purpose a change. John Owen
204. Good praying is more
easily caught than taught. D. A. Carson
205. He can do all things who prays well. All soul winners have conquered on their knees. Wherever the secret of prevailing prayer is found, something supernatural will come to pass. G. F. Oliver
206. I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything but it came at some time--no matter at how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the last I would have
devised, it came. Adoniram Judson
207. If God wants us to pray without ceasing, it is because He wants to answer without
ceasing! Fred Hartley
205. He can do all things who prays well. All soul winners have conquered on their knees. Wherever the secret of prevailing prayer is found, something supernatural will come to pass. G. F. Oliver
206. I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything but it came at some time--no matter at how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the last I would have
devised, it came. Adoniram Judson
207. If God wants us to pray without ceasing, it is because He wants to answer without
ceasing! Fred Hartley
208. I would rather teach
one man to pray than ten men to preach. Charles Spurgeon
209. John Wesley spent
two hours daily in prayer, and commonly said that ‘God does
nothing but in answer to prayer.’
nothing but in answer to prayer.’
210. Martin Luther said, ‘If I fail to spend
two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so
much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.
211. Our lives must be as holy as our prayers. Andrew Murray
212. Pray as if everything depends on God, then work as if everything depends on you. - Martin Luther
213. Pray not to be seen of men but to be heard of God. John Mason (1646-1694)
Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. John Bunyan
211. Our lives must be as holy as our prayers. Andrew Murray
212. Pray as if everything depends on God, then work as if everything depends on you. - Martin Luther
213. Pray not to be seen of men but to be heard of God. John Mason (1646-1694)
Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. John Bunyan
214. Prayer and theology
both deal with God , but from different perspectives. Theology, like a telescope, views the distant stars of His qualities. Prayer, like
a space vehicle, moves us among His qualities. Theology studies God and prayer engages
Him. Both are adventuresome. Both necessary. Ben Jennings
215. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of His
mercies. Westminster Shorter Catechism
216. Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father. Samuel Chadwick
217. Prayer is keeping company with God. Clement of Alexandria
218. Prayer is not ever thing, but everything is by prayer. Fred Hartley
219. Prayer is practicing the presence of God, not mastering the mechanics of how to come to God. Mark Water
220. Prayer is the key, and faith both turns the key and opens the door, and claims the
blessing. The Kneeling Christian
221. Prayer is more than something you do; it is something God does through you. Ben Jennings
215. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of His
mercies. Westminster Shorter Catechism
216. Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father. Samuel Chadwick
217. Prayer is keeping company with God. Clement of Alexandria
218. Prayer is not ever thing, but everything is by prayer. Fred Hartley
219. Prayer is practicing the presence of God, not mastering the mechanics of how to come to God. Mark Water
220. Prayer is the key, and faith both turns the key and opens the door, and claims the
blessing. The Kneeling Christian
221. Prayer is more than something you do; it is something God does through you. Ben Jennings
222. Prayer does not equip
us for greater works–prayer is the greater work. Oswald Chambers
223. Prayer secret, fervent, believing prayer lies at the root of all personal godliness.
William Carey
224. Prayer less pulpits will produce prayer less and powerless congregations. Wesley Duewel
223. Prayer secret, fervent, believing prayer lies at the root of all personal godliness.
William Carey
224. Prayer less pulpits will produce prayer less and powerless congregations. Wesley Duewel
225. Prayerlessness means
unavailability to God. Wesley Duewel
226. Praying solves the
problems of prayer. Samuel Chadwick
227. The breath of prayer
comes from the life of faith. John Mason (1646-1694)
228. The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. Not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I’m not praying, is my prayer answered by God. Andrew Murray
228. The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. Not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I’m not praying, is my prayer answered by God. Andrew Murray
229. The great souls who
became mighty in prayer and rejoiced to spend three and four
hours a day alone with God were once beginners. Samuel Chadwick
hours a day alone with God were once beginners. Samuel Chadwick
230. The greatest need of
most of us regarding prayer is not the clearing up of its logical problems, but its efficient practice. Albert D.Belden
231. The great point is never to give up until the answer comes, said Muller.
231. The great point is never to give up until the answer comes, said Muller.
232. The man who never
fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never
prays. John Wesley
233. The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith. John Calvin
prays. John Wesley
233. The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith. John Calvin
234. The purpose of prayer
is not to get man’s will done in heaven, but to get God’s will done on earth. Phillips Brooks`
235. The sin of prayerlessness is a proof.....that the life of God in the soul is in deadly
sickness and weakness. Andrew Murray
236. The greatest thing we can do for God or for man is to pray. The Kneeling Christian
237. The amount of time we give to prayer indicates how important prayer is to us. The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees. Phillip Henry
238. The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart. Samuel Chadwick
235. The sin of prayerlessness is a proof.....that the life of God in the soul is in deadly
sickness and weakness. Andrew Murray
236. The greatest thing we can do for God or for man is to pray. The Kneeling Christian
237. The amount of time we give to prayer indicates how important prayer is to us. The best way to fight against sin is to fight it on our knees. Phillip Henry
238. The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart. Samuel Chadwick
239. There is no better
way to serve others than to pray for them. There is nothing about which I do
not pray. I go over all my life in the presence of God. All my
problems are solved there.Samuel Chadwick
240. There is no way to
learn to pray but by praying. Samuel Chadwick
241. To pray “in His name”
is to pray in His character, as His representative sent by Him: it is to pray by His Spirit and according to His will. The Kneeling Christian
242. To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without
breathing.” Martin Luther
243. To pray well is the better half of study. Martin Luther
245. To pray diligently is more than half the task. Martin Luther
246. What is prayer? It is a sign of spiritual life. The Kneeling Christian
247. When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest. Edward Reynolds
248. P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
242. To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without
breathing.” Martin Luther
243. To pray well is the better half of study. Martin Luther
245. To pray diligently is more than half the task. Martin Luther
246. What is prayer? It is a sign of spiritual life. The Kneeling Christian
247. When prayers are strongest, mercies are nearest. Edward Reynolds
248. P.U.S.H. = Pray Until Something Happens!
249. Prayer – the
ultimate wireless connection!
250.Prayer – Free
wireless connection to God with no roaming fees!
251. “Prayer is the rope
that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn’t pull God down to
us: It pulls us up to Him.” - Billy Graham
252. Keep on praying for
faith, it is through prayer that you develop all your wonderful qualities of
soul. -Myrtle Fillmore
253. “Sometimes when
your child talks, your friends cannot understand what he says; but the mother
understands very well. So if our prayer comes from the heart, God
understands our language.” D. L. Moody
254. “After we have made
our requests known to Him, our language should be, “Thy will be done.”
I would a thousand times rather that Gods’ will should be done than my own.” D. L. Moody
255. “God does nothing except in answer to
Prayer.” John Wesley
256. "Pray as
though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on
you." W. H. Auden 1907-1973
257. "In prayer it
is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." John Bunyan
1628-1688, British Author
258. Work as if you were
to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American Scientist
259. "Prayer should
be the key of the day and the lock of the night." George
Herbert 1593-1632, British Metaphysical Poet
260. All that I am or
hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they
have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA
261. All who call on God
in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will
receive what they have asked and desired.
Martin Luther 1483-1546, German Leader of the Protestant
Reformation
263. When you pray for
anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, American
Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker
264. "Prayer is
where the action is" John Wesley
265. "If the
Christian does not allow prayer to drive sin out of his life, sin will drive
prayer out of his life" - M.E. Andross
266. "Prayer does
not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work" - Oswald
Chambers
267. "Prayer is the
secret of power." Evan Roberts
268. "Prayer moves
the hand that moves the universe."
269. "Pray, and let
God worry!" - Martin Luther
270. Prayer is the Key
to Heaven, but FAITH unlocks the door!
"As long as there
are tests, there will be Prayer in Schools!"
"Heaven is full of
answers to prayer for which no one bothered to ask" - Billy
Graham
271. "The fruit of
silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith
is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is
peace." - Mother Teresa
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