Quotes About Prayer

Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.

Somehow proper prayer must put more trust in God's will than in human wants; otherwise failure to get the things we want will force us to doubt either the power of prayer or the ability of God.

Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.

Prayer is not the cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to get out of Him what you want.

Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.

I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."

I have found it helpful to say a prayer asking to understand the scriptures when I read them. Then I ask, "What does Heavenly Father want me to learn from this scripture?" He always helps.

God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.

He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.

we do not believe until we want a thing and feel that we shall die if 'tis not granted to us, and then we kneel and kneel and believe, because we must have someone to ask help from.

If God wants us to pray without ceasing, it is because He wants to answer without ceasing!

I pray that doubt comes to you, that it tempers you with its wisdom. Those heroes in our legends, Karsa Orlong, they were terrible, they were monsters, for they were strangers to uncertainty

If dreams of flying are the last hope of freedom I will pray for wings with my last breath.

I've tried praying. It gives me comfort. But not as much as a cup of tea and a ginger nut biscuit.

He prays with them, only it isn't prayer, not truly, for there are no gods there, no deities except for the soot angels, twisted succubi whose likenesses are cast upon a slab of stone: a mongrel avatar, an orgy of dark seraphim twisted together in a violent erotic dance. Claws and teeth and bat's wings fuse together.

I am hungry to be interrupted For ever and ever amen

If you love him," Ainzu said, "then you can free him, as he prays to free you. But the time for that has yet to come.

I find myself praying, my son, that you will not be among the casualties that will doubtlessly occur before your soulscaper is ready for whatever you have in mind.

The most important thing we can pray about for others is that they will know God better and that He will help them understand His will, grow in spiritual wisdom, and live lives that honor Him. We can pray that they will become more like Him and bear the fruit of His Spirit.

Don't leave your relationships to chance. Pray for godly people to come into your life with whom you can connect. Don't force relationships to happen. Pray for them to happen. Then when they do, nurture them with 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.

Lord, I pray that my husband will be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God, so he can stand against the enemy every day. Enable him to take up the shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Don't be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you!

As prayer warriors, we must remember that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it. We may be overwhelmed by it, but God isn't. We may not see a way out, but God can. Because of Him, we can make a difference!