Prayer Quotes - Page 2

• A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Soul, Brain

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• God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

  Mother Teresa

  Heart, Hunger For Love, Silence

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

  Martin Luther

  Three, Firsts, Praying

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• Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.

  Samuel Chadwick

  Rain, Men, Fire

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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

  Believe, Moving, World

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

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• Most people do not pray; they only beg.

  George Bernard Shaw

  People, Religion, Praying

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• A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Revival, Intimate

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• No man is greater than his prayer life.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Christianity, Revival

  Leonard Ravenhill (2004). “Why Revival Tarries”, p.25, Bethany House

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

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Giving, Gods Will, Asks

  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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• Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Mind, Answers, Four

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1977). “Prayer and Praying Men”, Baker Publishing Group (MI)

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

  Billy Graham

  Feet, Christian Inspirational, Knees

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• Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Christian, Religious, Blessed

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• The secret of praying is praying in secret.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Secret, Praying, Sinning

  Leonard Ravenhill (2004). “Why Revival Tarries”, p.150, Bethany House

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

  William Law

  Christian, Happy Life, Religion

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

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• In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Grief, Blessing, Temptation

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• It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Uplifting, Christian, Men

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• See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.

  Oswald Chambers

  Cover Ups, Use, Tricks

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.52, Discovery House

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• The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth.

  John Mott

  College, Men, Fire

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• Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Honor, Aids, Force

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.30, CCEL

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• God's answers are wiser than our prayers.

  Croft M. Pentz

  Answers, Wiser, Answers To Prayer

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• More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Dream, Spiritual, World

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 414

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• Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.

  James MacDonald

  God, Faith, Christian

  Twitter post from Aug 02, 2016

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• Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!

  Andrew Murray

  God, Faith, Christian

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• If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.

  Billy Sunday

  Stranger, Revival In America, Ifs

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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