Quotes About Prayer

I now pray, not for more of this world's goods and greater blessings, but to be worthy of that which I already have.

It is not sufficient to deny or ignore evil; it must be understood. It is not enough to pray to God to remove the evil; you must find out why it is there, and what lesson it has for you.

Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! Faith is the basis of all "miracles," and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! Faith is the only known antidote for failure! Faith is the element, the "chemical" which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

FAITH is the element, the chemical which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

Thou, -- dost thou pray?" cried Giovanni, still with the same fiendish scorn. "Thy very prayers, as they come from thy lips, taint the atmosphere with death. Yes, yes; let us pray! Let us to church and dip our fingers in the holy water at the portal! They that come after us will perish as by a pestilence! Let us sign crosses in the air! It will be scattering curses abroad in the likeness of holy symbols!

She was patient,—a martyr, indeed,—but she forbore to pray for her enemies; lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse.

It was a tender and heart-dissolving prayer, full of sorrow, yet so imbued with celestial hopes, that the music of a heavenly harp, swept by the fingers of the dead, seemed faintly to be heard among the saddest accents of the minister.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

I once lay in a white hospital for the dying and the dying self, where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die, where on my knees I prayed for LIGHT, I prayed for l*i*g*h*t, and praying crawled like a blind slug into the web where threads of wind stuck against my mind and I died of pity for Man, for myself, on a cross without nails, watching in fear as the pig belches in his sty, farts, blinks and eats.

God, prayed my grandmother, purge the devil from this poor boy's body! Just look at all those sores! They make me sick, God! Look at them! It's the devil, God, dwelling in this boy's body. Purge the devil from his body, Lord! God, said my grandmother, why do you allow the devil to dwell inside this body's body? Don't you see how the devil is enjoying this? Look at these sores, 0 Lord, I am about to vomit just looking at them! They are red and big and full!

?utao sam, jer kad mrziš, ne možeš da moliš...

God's will and purpose for this earth is that it be here like it is in heaven. It has to be the will of God because Jesus told His disciples to pray that it would be that way. (Matt. 6:10.)

That being true, why not learn to say what you desire, not what seems to exist? Mark 11:23-24 tells us, "...he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray (say), believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith" (Mark 11:23).

I had always believed prayer ought to be conducted on our feet rather than on our knees, since God seems in all other departments of life to require us to stand upright and account for ourselves.

was to happen. We also claimed His protection from demonic attack for all of us and for our families. Our prayer apparently roused a demon called Anger. As I tried to question Sue concerning her problems, Anger insisted on butting into our conversation. He seemed to be at about level 5 or 6 on our scale, so he had the strength to interfere. If the demon had not interrupted us, I would have paid no attention to him until the inner work had been done, even though, on the basis of what

Four corners to my bed      Four angels round my head;      Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,      Bless the bed that I lie on.

The devil fears a roof of thatch beneath which the church is at prayer more than he does a splendid church in which many masses are celebrated. " —SANCTORUM COMMUNIO

Worry about nothing. Pray about everything.

goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They don't go anywhere. They don't accomplish anything.

En realidad, la batalla más significativa por librar es la que se hace de rodillas. Aunque no estés involucrado de manera directa en el trabajo de evangelismo, abrirás oportunidades para los que sí lo hacen cuando estés más sobre tus rodillas. Cuando batallas en oración ante Dios, Él abre oportunidades para el testimonio donde antes no fue posible.

La oración me hace esperar. No puedo orar y trabajar al mismo tiempo. Tengo que esperar hasta que termine la oración para actuar. La oración me obliga a abandonar la situación en las manos de Dios; me hace esperar.

En tercer lugar, la oración tranquiliza mi corazón. No puedo preocuparme y orar al mismo tiempo. Hago la una cosa o la otra. La oración me tranquiliza. Reemplaza a la ansiedad por un espíritu calmado. ¡No se pueden dar golpes con las rodillas cuando estamos arrodillados!

Nehemiah i is a blend of prayer and action.