Quotes About Prayer

The mystery of the Cross, a mystery of love, can only be understood in prayer. Pray and weep, kneeling before the Cross.

The best style of prayer is that which cannot be called anything else but a cry.

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."

When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

The history of missions is the history of answered prayer.

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.

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.

True prayer is measured by weight, not by length

Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.

Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too?

In the same way that a small child cannot draw a bad picture so a child of God cannot offer a bad prayer.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

Every true revival from that day to this has had its earthly origin in prayer.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.

God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.

It's important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don't ask, you won't know.

Trouble and prayer are closely related. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble.

A ton of prayer will never produce what an ounce of obedience will.

Prevailing prayer requires a tender, compassionate heart, a deep solicitude for the glory of God and the good of His people. Nehemiah wept and mourned.

A holy life does not live in the closet, but it cannot live without the closet.

We offer our prayers in weakness but they ascend in power because of the blood of Jesus.

Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.

The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith.