John Piper Quotes About Prayer

Quotes about: Prayer

• Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy

  John Piper

  Prayer, Needs, Helping

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.161, Multnomah

• We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.

  John Piper

  Prayer, War, Life Is

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.65, Baker Academic

• The engagement of the heart in worship is the coming alive of the feelings and emotions and affections of the heart. Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Heart, Feelings

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.86, Multnomah

• God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Giving, Grace

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.65, Baker Academic

• Prayer causes things to happen that wouldn't happen if you didn't pray.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Causes, Praying

• Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief.

  John Piper

  Prayer, War, Darkness

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.65, Baker Academic

• It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Trying, Comfort

  John Piper (2010). “Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions”, p.65, Baker Academic

• Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Reflecting Back, Radiance

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.84, Multnomah

• Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:2, 5) and holiness (John 17:17) decline. Activity may continue, but life and power and fruitfulness fade away. Therefore, whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Ministry, Holiness

  John Piper (2013). “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”, p.75, B&H Publishing Group

• The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but are utterly devoted to being used for His ends.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Keys, Use

• We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Heart, Long

• Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Ministry, Whole

  John Piper (2013). “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”, p.75, B&H Publishing Group

• The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray

  John Piper

  Prayer, Giving Up, Order

  John Piper (2013). “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry”, p.77, B&H Publishing Group

• Prayer as a relationship is probably your best indicator about the health of your love relationship with God. If your prayer life has been slack, your love relationship has grown cold.

  John Piper

  Christian, Prayer, Love Relationship

• Nothing is more vital than prayer in Christian existence, and few things are more vulnerable to neglect.

  John Piper

  Christian, Prayer, Vulnerable

• I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

  John Piper

  Prayer, Tests, Hearing

  John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.107, Multnomah

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