Heart Quotes - Page 22

• The soul which has come into intimate contact with God in the silence of the prayer chamber is never out of conscious touch with the Father; the heart is always going out to Him in loving communion, and the moment the mind is released from the task upon which it is engaged, it returns as naturally to God as the bird does to its nest.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Father, Silence

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.43, CCEL

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• The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Purpose, Request

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• A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I could deal such changing blows on stony hearts." The workman answered: "Maybe you could, if you worked like me, upon your knees."

  Arthur Tappan Pierson

  Prayer, Blow, Wish

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• When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we look for its return; and when we sow seed, we look for a harvest; so likewise when we sow our prayers, through Christ, in God's bosom, shall we not look for an answer and observe how we speed? It is a seed of atheism to pray and not to look how we speed. But a sincere Christian will pray and wait, and strengthen his heart with promises out of the Word, and never leave praying and looking up till God gives him a gracious answer.

  Richard Sibbes

  Christian, Prayer, Fall

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• Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Inward, Movement

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1929). “The Necessity of Prayer”, p.97, Fig

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• We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we pray and what goes on in our hearts. Many of us, I suspect, have no idea how impoverished we are at this level. Let us ask the Lord to show us.

  J. I. Packer

  Prayer, Responsibility, Ideas

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.44, InterVarsity Press

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• It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Mean, Soul

  "The Works of John Bunyan: Experimental, doctrinal, and practical". Book editing by George Offor, Blackie and son, p. 623, 1858.

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• We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and breathing continues ceaselessly; we are not conscious of it, but it is always going on. We are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect joint with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Thinking, Blood

  "My Utmost for His Highest".

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• Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. He hears it from the very moment that you are seized with helplessness, and He becomes actively engaged at once in hearing and answering the prayer of your helplessness.

  Ole Hallesby

  God, Faith, Christian

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which moves Jesus to come in to us. All He needs is access. He enters in of His own accord, because He desires to come in. To pray is nothing more involved than to let Jesus into our needs, and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them. And that requires no strength. It is only a question of our wills. Will we give Jesus access to our needs?.

  Ole Hallesby

  Jesus, Prayer, Moving

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• When we in prayer seek only the glorification of the name of God, then we are in complete harmony with the Spirit of prayer. Then our hearts are at rest both while we pray and after we have prayed. Then we can wait for the Lord.

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, Names, Waiting

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• Real prayer is communion with God, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. What is needed is for Him to fill our hearts with His thoughts, and then His desires will become our desires flowing back to Him.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Prayer, Real, Temptation

  Arthur W. Pink (2008). “Sovereignty of God”, p.216, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.

  John of Kronstadt

  Prayer, Simplicity, Dry

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• No prayer!-No faith!-No Christ in the heart. Little prayer!-Little faith!-Little Christ in the heart. Increasing prayer!-Increasing faith!-Increasing Christ in the heart!. Much prayer!-Much faith!-Much Christ in the heart! Praying always!-Faith always!-Christ always!

  Alexander Whyte

  Prayer, Littles, Praying

  Alexander Whyte (1998). “Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on Prayer”, p.152, Regent College Publishing

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• If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.

  Adrian Rogers

  Prayer, Naps, Needs

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• Prayer means lovingly contemplating the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, allowing our hearts to be enkindled to praise and adore the love and omnipotence of the most blessed Trinity.

  Basilea Schlink

  Prayer, Father, Blessed

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• It is the burning lava of the soul that has a furnace within--a very volcano of grief and sorrow-it is that burning lava of prayer that finds its way to God. No prayer ever reaches God's heart which does not come from our hearts.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Grief, Volcanoes

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2012). “The Spurgeon Series 1859 & 1860: Unabridged Sermons In Modern Language”, p.577, New Leaf Publishing Group

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• Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer

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• Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

  Josh McDowell

  Attitude, Prayer, Talking

  Josh McDowell, Bill Wilson (1990). “The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense”, Here's Life Pub

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• The first century money changers were in the temple, but they didn't have the spirit of the temple... They were out of sync with the whole purpose of the Lord's house. "The atmosphere of my Father's house," Jesus seemed to say, "is to be prayer. The aroma around my Father must be that of people opening their hearts in worship and supplication. This is not a place to make a buck. This is a house for calling on the Lord.

  Jim Cymbala

  Jesus, Prayer, Father

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• 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

  Prayer, Effort, Devil

  FaceBook post by Pastor Jim Cymbala from May 09, 2015

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• Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Jesus, Prayer, Rooms

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• The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is not the proper word. It would be more appropriate to say that each letter of the book is marked deep with the heart's blood of the great soul who had renounced all for his love of Christ.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Christian, Jesus, Book

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

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• Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Jesus, Blood, Feet

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.138, Advaita Ashrama

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• Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of religion, it should be as Jesus says, "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret".

  Swami Vivekananda

  Jesus, Philosophy, Real

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living”, p.39, editionNEXT.com

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