Prayer Quotes

• Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

  Max Lucado

  God, Faith, Christian

  Max Lucado (2011). “The Great House of God”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• [Prayer] is the link between God's inexhaustible resources and people’s needs...God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together.

  Charles Stanley

  Two, People, Together

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• The idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard--especially if a lot of people prayed at once--maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Ideas, People, What If

  Jeanne DuPrau (2006). “The Prophet of Yonwood”, p.26, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Power helpeth our infirmity in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Life ends our deadness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Wisdom delivers us from ignorance in this holy art ofprayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Fire delivers us from coldness in prayer. The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Might comes to our aid in our weakness as we pray.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Art, Ignorance, Fire

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• But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sympathy, Spiritual

  Mark Twain (2012). “Autobiographical Writings”, p.338, Penguin

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• To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.

  Timothy Keller

  God, Christian, Religious

  Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.81, Penguin

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• For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

  Teresa of Avila

  Friendship, Catholic, Term

  Saint Teresa (of Avila), James M. Houston (2005). “Life of Prayer”, p.85, David C Cook

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• Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Expression, Breathing, Natural

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings”, p.75

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• To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Expectations, Praying, Relationship With God

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• Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.

  Sam Shoemaker

  Religion, May, Prayer Changes Things

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• Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times there is simply no other way.

  Jim Cymbala

  Christian, Break Through, Names

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.70, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Intercession is the truly universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory prayer: no continent, no nation, no city, no organization, no office. No power on earth can keep intercession out.

  Richard Halverson

  Christian, Spiritual, Religious

  "No Greater Power: Perspective for Days of Pressure".

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• I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others, lies in the way that we stint, and starve, and scamp our prayers, by hurrying over them.

  Alexander Whyte

  Lying, Soul, Secret

  Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”

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• Prayer is the Lord's great sterilizer against the germs of spiritual disease.

  James E. Talmage

  Spiritual, Disease, Germs

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• Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Inspiring, God, Christian Inspirational

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• Prayer is no fitful, short-lived thing. It is no voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's ear, and it lives as long as God's ear is open to holy pleas, as long as God's heart is alive to holy things.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Heart, Voice, Long

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.3, CCEL

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• Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer.

  Charles Grandison Finney

  Christian, Heart, Together

  Charles Grandison Finney (1835). “Lectures on Revivals of Religion”, p.114

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• Prayer is the way you defeat the devil, reach the lost, restore a backslider, strengthen the saints, send missionaries out, cure the sick, accomplish the impossible, and know the will of God.

  David Jeremiah

  Sick, Devil, Saint

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• ...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Weight, May, Length

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 34: Sermons 2001-2061”, p.30, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, God, Christian

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• A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. Before long, since he does not contribute to the benefit of his brethren, he will become a danger and a sorrow to them. Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Long, Sorrow, Church

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1988). “Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series”, Baker Publishing Group

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• When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.

  R. A. Torrey

  Believe, Men, Community

  R.A. Torrey (2015). “The Power of Prayer”, p.3, Ravenio Books

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• Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Heart, Hands

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

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• We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

  Charles Stanley

  Strength, Time, Tired

  Charles Stanley (2002). “How to Listen to God”, p.58, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Faith, Religious

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Christian Disciplines: Building Strong Character”, p.76, Discovery House

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