Christian Prayer Quotes - Page 4

• Many Americans who are not fastened at the temples to a Christian prayer book are offended by politicians who justify their decisions by piously quoting the Old Testament.

  Susie Bright

  Christian, Prayer, Book

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• Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God.

  Chuck Smith

  Prayer, Doe, Purpose

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• No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Missionary, Study

  Edward McKendree Bounds (2015). “Power Through Prayer”, p.18, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

  John Wesley

  Prayer, Believe, Doe

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• The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Giving, Littles

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• 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.

  Martin Luther

  Morning, Prayer, Two

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• Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

  Ambrose

  Spiritual, Prayer, Eye

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• I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.

  John Wesley

  Prayer, Able, Hours

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• Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

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• We prepare the ground for our prayer when we shed something which is not Christ's, which is unworthy of him, and only the prayer of one who can, like St. Paul say, 'I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me,' is real Christian prayer.

  Anthony of Sourozh

  Christian, Spiritual, Prayer

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• For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or it, may or may not be inclined, or even able, to do very much about us and our world, even if he (or it) wanted to ... all you can do is send off a message, like a marooned sailor scribbling a note and putting it in a bottle, on the off-chance that someone out there might pick it up. That kind of prayer takes a good deal of faith and hope. But it isn't Christian prayer.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Prayer, Our World

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• The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Prayer, Children

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.111, SCM Press

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