Christian Prayer Quotes - Page 2

• Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Christian, Prayer

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• It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays hold on God, knowing that He knows our needs before we even ask Him. That is what gives Christian prayer its boundless confidence and its joyous certainty.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Prayer, Knowing

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.110, SCM Press

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• We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power.

  R. A. Torrey

  Christian, Prayer, Praying

  R. A. Torrey (2000). “How to Obtain Fullness of Power”, p.58, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer, has entrusted us with a force that can move the Heavenly world, and can bring its power down to earth.

  Andrew Murray

  Prayer, Believe, Moving

  Andrew Murray (1997). “Reaching Your World For Christ”, p.47, Whitaker House

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• There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.

  Brother Lawrence

  Sweet, Prayer, Practice

  Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.20, Baker Books

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• God will either give you what you ask, or something far better.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Prayer, Giving, Gods Will

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar (1852). “Memoir and remains of the rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, minister of St. Peter's church, Dundee”, p.194

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• The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come to recognize their priesthood unto God and day by day give themselves unto prayer.

  John Mott

  Christian, Prayer, Giving

  John Raleigh Mott (1905). “The Evangelization of the World in this Generation”

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• Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Men, Talking

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Morning, Prayer, Effort

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Prayer, Blessing

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• Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.

  Watchman Nee

  Prayer, Track, Revival

  Watchman Nee (1993). “The collected works of Watchman Nee”

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• I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Three, Firsts

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• God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Evil, World

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• Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God

  Mother Teresa

  Prayer, Hands, Love And Kindness

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Christian, Prayer, Laughing

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• He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Happy Life

  William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) (1759). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition”, p.403

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• Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.

  George Whitefield

  Prayer, Christian Inspirational, Silent

  John Gillies, George Whitefield (1839). “Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield”, p.17

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• 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

  God, Faith, Prayer

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• That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.

  John Flavel

  Prayer, Wind, Comfort

  John Flavel (1799). “Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel”, p.466

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• 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.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Grace, Walking With God

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.27, CCEL

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• I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Men, Praying

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• You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.

  S. D Gordon

  Prayer, Kneeling, Praying

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• To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Feet, Christian Inspirational

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• O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth.

  Andy Murray

  Prayer, Secret, Earth

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• The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.

  S. D Gordon

  Prayer, Men, Praying

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