Quotes About Prayer

To be honest, I'm a very spiritual person - I go to temples regularly, do a puja every morning and I know the Hanuman Chalisa by-heart.

Bless something small but infinite and quiet. — Robert Creeley, from "A Prayer," The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975 . (University of California Press; 2nd ed. edition October 23, 2006)

I figured if God wasn't going to listen in Vietnam, when I needed him most, I wasn't gonna keep asking.

Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword.

We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.

Pray for victory, plan for disaster.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

In Buffalo, Buffalo she was praying, the night sticks together like pages in an old book

We come before God the Father for our own needs and our own desires. We come before God as Friend for the needs of others. But we come before God as Judge when we're dealing with an adversary.

Lord, I'm asking for Your blood to speak for me.

Prayer is not trying to convince God to do something for us. Prayer is agreeing and working with God to shift

Here a little child I standHeaving up my either hand.Cold as paddocks though they be,Here I lift them up to Thee,For a benison to fallOn our meat, and on us all.

To say 'Hail Mary, Hail Mary,' is the best way of telling her how much we love her. And then this string of beads is like Our Lady's girdle, and her children love to finger it, and whisper to her. And then we say our paternosters, too; and all the while we are talking she is shewing us pictures of her dear Child, and we look at all the great things He did for us, one by one; and then we turn the page and begin again.

So movement by movement the gorgeous drama was enacted; the murmuring of the crowds died to a stillness that was but one wordless prayer as the tiny White Disc rose between the white hands, and the thin angelic music pealed in the dome. For here was the one hope of these thousands, as mighty and as little as once within the Manger. There was none other that fought for them but only God.

Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God. – 2 Thessalonians 3:5

Does the place you're called to labor Seem too small and little known? It is great if God is in it, And He'll not forget His own. Are you laid aside from service, Body worn from toil and care? You can still be in the battle, In the sacred place of prayer. When the conflict here is ended And our race on earth is run, He will say, if we are faithful, "Welcome home, My child – well done!

It teaches us the power of patience regarding life events. We must trust His timing and our hearts must give Him time to align the circumstances for our good. Why are so many of my prayer requests not immediately answered? Perhaps God is patiently waiting until all the circumstances are correctly aligned for the widest possible fulfillment of those requests or aspirations. The same keen, impeccable sense of divine timing that sent Jesus into the world at the optimum

It came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray.

Philippians 4:6 Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Pray without ceasing. – 1 Thessalonians 5:17

O Lord, we come before Thy face; In every home bestow Thy grace On children, father, mother, Relieve their wants, their burdens ease, Let them together dwell in peace And love to one another.

O how praying rests the weary! Prayer will change the night to day; So when life seems dark and dreary, Don't forget to pray.

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD .