Praying Quotes - Page 8

• No praying, it spoils business.

  Thomas Otway

  Business, Spoil

  'Venice Preserved' (1682) act 2, l. 87

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• Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

  James Martineau

  Prayer, Atmosphere, Language

  James Martineau (1905). “Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau”

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• Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

  George Whitefield

  Humble, Thinking, Littles

  John Gillies, George Whitefield (1839). “Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield”, p.61

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• Throughout Jesus' ministry, He took time away from the crowds and even His disciples to pray by Himself. Jesus modeled the importance of not only serving God with our actions but of being still and drawing close to God to renew our souls.

  David Jeremiah

  God, Christian, Religious

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• A woman's long hair symbolizes that she submits to God's plan and to the family leadership of her husband. It is her glory. It is a sign to the angels of her commitment to God and her power with God. It is a covering so that she can pray and prophesy publicly without being ashamed. Similarly, a man's short hair symbolizes that he submits to God's plan and accepts the family leadership position. For both married and unmarried, this symbol indicates obedience to God's will.

  David K. Bernard

  Husband, Angel, Commitment

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• As a Christian I have hope not just for this life but for Heaven and the life to come. And many of those people who died this past week are in Heaven right now. And they wouldn't want to come back; it's so glorious and so wonderful. And that's the hope for all of us who put our faith in God. I pray that you will have this hope in your heart.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Heart, Past

  Address at the Episcopal National Cathedral, Delivered 14 September, National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Washington D.C.

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• When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bible, Prayer, Eye

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• Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Gossip, Folks

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• If I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.

  Joan of Arc

  Grace, States, I Pray

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• God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.

  Thomas Watson

  Spiritual, Prayer, Heart

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• I have absolutely no doubt that if you are a praying Christian, your faith in God is what is carrying you, through both the good times and the hard times. However, if you are not a praying person, you are carrying your faith - you are trying to make your faith work for you apart from your source of power - and trying to carry the infinite is very exhausting.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Christian, Hard Times, Doubt

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Sep 27, 2015

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• Ten minutes praying is better than a year's murmuring.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Years, Murmuring, Minutes

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 37”, p.363, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit.... The only way to more life is the Holy Spirit. You will not even know that you want more unless He works in you to desire it.... The Spirit of God must come and make the letter alive, transfer it to your heart, set it on fire, and make it burn within you, or else its divine force and majesty will be hid from your eyes.... Prayer is the creation of the Holy Spirit. We cannot do without prayer, and we cannot pray without the Holy Spirit.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Spiritual, Prayer, Heart

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• My mother would be so touched by the tributes and prayers that we have received from around the world. Her condition remains serious but she is receiving the best treatment and care possible. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts as we pray for her recovery.

  Melissa Rivers

  Mother, Prayer, Recovery

  "Joan Rivers' condition 'remains serious' at NYC hospital, her daughter says" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. August 31, 2014.

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• America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.

  George W. Bush

  Prayer, America, People

  "Bush: 'America Is a Nation of Prayer'". www.foxnews.com. May 04, 2006.

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• Whatever your problem, no matter how difficult, you can release spiritual power sufficient to solve your problem. The secret is--pray and believe.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Spiritual, Believe, Secret

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “A Guide to Confident Living”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• As impossible as it is for us to take a breath in the morning large enough to last us until noon, so impossible is it to pray in the morning in such a way as to last us until noon. Let your prayers ascend to Him constantly, audibly or silently, as circumstances throughout the day permit.

  Ole Hallesby

  Morning, Prayer, Noon

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

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• Granting that we are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense; for they, as it were, see that He is looking upon them, while others may go for days on end without even once recollecting that God sees them.

  Teresa of Avila

  Different, May, Ends

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• It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is not to pray, but to go directly to God. . . . The fact is, though, that if you descend into the depths of your own spirit and arrive somewhere near the center of what you are, you are confronted with the inescapable truth that, at the very root of your existence, you are in constant and immediate contact with the infinite power of God.

  Thomas Merton

  Prayer, Roots, Facts

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• He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

  Pope Francis

  Devil, Lord

  "Pope Francis' Blessing Effect Seen As Exorcism, Vatican Denies Claims". www.foxnews.com. May 21, 2013.

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• I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.

  Dolly Parton

  Guides, Leading Me, Show Me

  "Dolly Parton: The Southern Living Interview". Interview with Jennifer V. Cole, www.southernliving.com.

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• During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W. - (laughter and applause) - urged citizens to pray and to give thanks and to ask for God's protection.

  James Monroe

  Laughter, War, Giving

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• Prayer implies surrender to the will of the giver, demand preconceives a right to receive. Pray, my dear, and you shall receive.

  Zeina

  Prayer, Demand, Surrender

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• While others still slept, He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this, otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of delivering souls demands constant renewal through fellowship with God.

  Andy Murray

  Prayer, Father, New Day

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• God wants us to pray that we might have the courage to live before him in ways that are not natural to us.

  Jack Miller

  Want, Might, Way

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