Quotes About Prayer

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. —PSALM 145:18

and ever! Amen. —EPHESIANS 3:20–21

Talk with Me about what you are experiencing, and ask Me to show you the way forward.

In faith, thank Me for whatever is preoccupying your mind. This will clear the blockage so that you can find Me. P

Remember that Satan is the accuser of believers. He delights in heaping guilt feelings upon you, especially when you are enjoying My Presence. When you feel Satan's arrows of accusation, you are probably on the right track. Use your shield of faith to protect yourself from him. Talk with Me about what you are experiencing, and ask Me to show you the way forward. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to Me, and I will come near to you.

LISTEN TO ME CONTINUALLY. I have much to communicate to you, so many people and situations in need of prayer.

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 THESSALONIANS 5 : 18

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. PSALM 37 : 4

Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually. —Psalm 105:4 (NASB)

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

And I always do this aloud, or at least at a mumble level, making sure I am doing more than just glancing at the psalms or prayers. Glancing at prayers is the fastest path toward vain repetitions I know of. For that reason, the church has always advocated reading our prayers aloud so we will go more slowly and concentrate more on what we are saying. Prayer books are designed to be read aloud.

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that I may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name by the practice of Christian-year spirituality; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. —ROBERT WEBBER

For some it is tempting to use only set prayers, while for others it is almost a solemn requirement to use only spontaneous prayers. We need both,

Prayer is not informing God of something unknown but drawing oneself in the divine life of the Trinity and into the very mission of God in this world — this God loves us and invites us into his presence with our petitions.

Knowing God's love, knowing God's goodness, and learning to embrace those attributes of God prompt us to pray.

Prayer was and is both a spontaneous act and a recitative

I believe that the broad sweep of the way in which prayer works in the Bible — and I'm thinking here of Jonah and the repentance of Nineveh — teaches us that God, in his sovereignty, has established a kind of contingency in the universe, and that God genuinely interacts with humans who pray in such a way that the universe changes as a result of our prayers.

Years of drought and famine come…and the climate is not changed with dance, libation, or prayer." —John Wesley Powell

If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.

Prayer doesn't change GOD. He is unchanging and unchangeable. But it does change us, making us more like Him, and thus more able to accept His will, whatever it may be. Prayer makes us radiate goodness.

Of course, prayer ought to permeate all we do in ministry, but it's especially important in fundraising.

From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (James 1:5)