Quotes About Prayer

I write in my study, where I also have my prayer altar. I believe that keeps me focused and gives me positive energy and reminds me that I'm merely the instrument of greater creative forces.

I always start my New Year at church with my family. I see it as a fresh beginning - like a new chance we get to renew our lives, perhaps? Starting it by praying gives me a lot of hope for the future.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

We were raised as Christians, and religion plays an important role for us.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

Our rages, daughters of despair, creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright.

The others want to coerce her. I want her to want me... so he prayed to Aphrodite, goddess of love.

Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

She giggles at the thought and realizes quite suddenly that Donovan is religion to her. She folds her hands and bows her head. She'd asked for him. Had

Work, he tells them one night, is a kind of prayer.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with God. Speak with familiarity and confidence as to your dearest and most loving friend. Speak of your life, your plans, your troubles, your joys, your fears. In return, God will speak to you— not that you will hear audible words in your ears, but words that you will clearly understand in your heart."1 —St. Alphonsus de'Liguori (1696–1797)

Pray all verses of Psalm 145 once each day for a week.

True intimacy with God always brings humility.

Prayer Father God, there are times when we have felt that things have been taken away and stolen from us by the Enemy. Thank You that You sent Your Son Jesus to redeem our lives, to restore us, revive us, and renew us. Thank You for never forgetting us, no matter what our circumstances may tell us. Thank You for always loving us. We praise You for who You are, for all You have done and all You will do in our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Your role during the prayer of consecration is crucial, helping the mass appear reverent and planned. Match the presider as he crosses himself and when he bows. Learn the liturgical style of your clergy so you will follow each one seamlessly; their practices vary.

Sometimes the purpose of prayer is to get us out of circumstances, but more often than not, the purpose of prayer is to get us through them. . . We need to ask God to give us the grace to sustain, the strength to stand firm, and the willpower to keep on keeping on. Mark Batterson

Folks keep forgetting that wishing don't make nothing so, but prayer sometimes do.

When we pray we should ask the Lord to reveal His will to us and then pray accordingly, act obediently and wait patiently.

Treat your husband like a king... you are the pray-er; Jesus is the answered.

From your lips to the good Lord's ears.

Let me pray for you.

Havin' to wait gives us time to learn that He's always standing with us, teaching constant love and patience, until we finally come to the point of prayin', 'Thy will be done,'" Frannie pointed out.

Matthew 18:19," he said. "Wow. It says, 'If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.