Family Prayer Quotes

• With the influences of evil that surround our children, can we even imagine sending them out in the morning without kneeling and humbly asking together for the Lord's protection? Or closing the day without kneeling together and acknowledging our accountability before Him and our thankfulness for His blessings? Brothers and sisters, we need to have family prayer.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Morning, Brother, Prayer

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• May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Understanding, May

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

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• In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

  John Bunyan

  Love, Christian, Peace

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• The Family that prays together, stays together.

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, Together, Rosary

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• If we are practicing our faith and seeking the companionship of the Holy Spirit, his presence can be felt in our hearts and in our homes. A family having daily family prayers and seeking to keep the commandments of God and honor his name and speak lovingly to one another will have a spiritual feeling in their home that will be discernible to all who enter it.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Spiritual, Prayer, Home

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• Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.'

  Thomas S. Monson

  Family, Happiness, Happy

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• There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Prayer, Honesty, Practice

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• There is great power in loving, consistent, fervent family prayer. Don't deny your families this blessing. Don't allow the strength that comes from family prayer to slip away from you and your loved ones through neglect.

  John H. Groberg

  Prayer, Blessing, Loved Ones

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• A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and to bring peace and contentment into our lives and into our nations. He thoughtfully replied, ‘I would suggest a return to the old-fashioned practice of family prayer.’

  Thomas S. Monson

  Country, Prayer, Countries Of The World

  Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

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• Each family prayer, each episode of family scripture study, and each family home evening is a brushstroke on the canvas of our souls. No one event may appear to be very impressive or memorable. But just as the yellow and gold and brown strokes of paint complement each other and produce an impressive masterpiece, so our consistency in doing seemingly small things can lead to significant spiritual results.

  David A. Bednar

  Spiritual, Prayer, Home

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• In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Love Is, Love Relationship, Loving Family

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• We build deep and loving family relationships by doing simple things together, like family dinner and family home evening and by just having fun together. In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time. Taking time for each other is the key for harmony at home. We talk with, rather than about, each other. We learn from each other, and we appreciate our differences as well as our commonalities. We establish a divine bond with each other as we approach God together through family prayer, gospel study, and Sunday worship.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Prayer, Fun, Home

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• Through personal prayer, through family prayer, by trusting in God with faith, nothing wavering, we can call down to our rescue His mighty power.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Prayer, Wavering, Trust In God

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• There is great power in prayer. I strongly encourage personal and family prayer, which are important in building strong families. I'm wondering if many of you parents, you couples, have lost that essential moment of kneeling together at the end of the day, just the two of you, holding hands and saying your prayers. If that has slipped away from your daily routine, may I suggest you put it back-beginning tonight!

  M. Russell Ballard

  Strong, Prayer, Couple

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• Daily fervent prayers seeking forgiveness and special help and direction are essential to our lives and the nourishment of our testimonies. When we become hurried, repetitive, casual, or forgetful in our prayers, we tend to lose the closeness of the Spirit, which is so essential in the continual direction we need to successfully manage the challenges of our everyday lives. Family prayer every morning and night adds additional blessings and power to our individual prayers and to our testimonies.

  Donald L. Staheli

  Morning, Prayer, Night

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• Taking time for each other is the key for harmony in the home [and in marriage].

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Home, Keys, Harmony

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• Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud, one song, and one family meal at a time. They know that the influence of righteous, conscientious, persistent, daily parenting is among the most powerful and sustaining forces for good in the world. The health of any society, the happiness of its people, their prosperity, and their peace all find common roots in the teaching of children in the home.

  L. Tom Perry

  Song, Prayer, Children

  "Mothers Teaching Children in the Home". General Conference, www.lds.org. April 2010.

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• Sometimes after an enjoyable family home evening, during a fervent family prayer, or when our entire family is at the dinner table on Sunday evening eating waffles and engaging in a session of lively, good-matured conversation, I quietly say to myself, 'If heaven is nothing more than this, it will be good enough for me!'

  Marlin K. Jensen

  Prayer, Home, Sunday

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• Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!

  Phyllis Bottome

  Prayer, Children, Hate

  Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.167, Northwestern University Press

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