Praying To God Quotes

• 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

  Prayer, Men, Soul

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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, Heart, Effort

  FaceBook post by Pastor Jim Cymbala from May 09, 2015

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• When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

  Francis of Assisi

  Prayer, Praying, Seeking

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• When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.

  Hudson Taylor

  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Praying

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• We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Eye, Christian Inspirational

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.36, Discovery House

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• Prayer is an act of faith. Just by praying to God, you are declaring our trust in someone other than yourself. Your faith is increased as you pray and watch how God answers your prayers. God says in Jeremiah 33:3, Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. God is awesome in power and there is never a time when He is not beside you. He is faithful and holy.

  Charles Stanley

  Faith, Religious, Prayer

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• The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Humble, Men

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• Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

  John Bunyan (1872). “The Complete Works of John Bunyan”, p.80

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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

  Prayer, Rain, Men

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• Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, Spiritual, Prayer

  "Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things?" by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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• I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

  Martin Luther

  Life, God, Christian

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• When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Christian, Prayer, Laughing

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• All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

  Martin Luther

  God, Faith, Prayer

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• Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

  Adam Clarke

  Prayer, Heart, Christian Inspirational

  Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.252

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

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Dream, Spiritual, Prayer

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

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• It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Prayer, Passion, Heart

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.12, 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, Prayer, Heart

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

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• Be not afraid to pray--to pray is right.
  Pray, if thou canst, with hope; but ever pray,
  Though hope be weak or sick with long delay;
  Pray in the darkness, if there be no light.

  Hartley Coleridge

  Prayer, Light, Sick

  Hartley Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge (1851). “Poems by Hartley Coleridge: With a Memoir of His Life by His Brother. ...”, p.369

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• Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Christian, Prayer

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• Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

  Phillips Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hope

  Phillips Brooks (1886). “Visions and Tasks: Sermons Fourth Series”

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• God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Faith, God, Religious

  'Aurora Leigh' (1857) bk. 2, l. 952

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• Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

  Phillips Brooks

  Prayer, Tasks, Praying

  Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermons”

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• Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Prayer, Motivation

  Charles Spurgeon, T. De Witt Talmage, Henry Ward Beecher, D. L. Moody, Joseph Parker (2017). “Gems of Truth & Beauty”, p.192, Gideon House Books

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• He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Love, Life, Prayer

  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" l. 615 (1798)

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• Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

  Philip James Bailey

  Spiritual, Prayer, Praying

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.381

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