Quotes About Prayer

Recuerda que la fe mueve a Dios, porque la oración del reino trae del cielo lo que Dios ya ha planeado hacer en la tierra.

Ahora bien, debes saber que cuando la Biblia menciona que alguien se arrodilló, significa que ese tiempo de oración era en serio.

La oración es el mecanismo para enfrentar las batallas que se libran en los lugares celestiales, que afectan directamente nuestras vidas físicas y los cinco sentidos en la tierra.

La oración es una herramienta vital en las manos y el corazón de cada creyente. Sin embargo, es una herramienta que con frecuencia no usamos. Tal vez porque no creemos que sea tan importante. O tal vez dudamos de cómo ha establecido Dios el funcionamiento de la oración para sus criaturas.

No confundas esa última afirmación con suponer que puedes engendrar cualquier cosa que quieras. El secreto de la respuesta a la oración es estar alineado con Dios. Es tener tanta armonía con Dios que puedes orar conforme a su voluntad.

Hope was a bedfellow to prayer—a lifeline for the despondent; those too weak to take matters into their own hands. How many times had he heard someone utter the phrase, I hope to God? Well, he had news for those people. God intervened only when the urge took him. No, He couldn't be counted on for much.

You got to be praying all the time, or else you're just thinking about yourself.

DO NOT PRAY! If you pray, your hands will close together. You will not be able to fight!" -Guts

There is no suspension, no whispered prayer for silk to stop my fall. There is only the falling, and it goes on and on, in fierce silence and sharp bursts of breath.

We should be so aware of sin and its wrongness that the minute we see our sin we quickly move through the process of repentance. Remember, though, that the prayer must be more than just a cry for help in time of crisis–the prayer must reflect a heart that desires to change.

Synagogue leaders have yet to realize that the synagogue has once again become essentially a house of prayer. Many of the alternative synagogue structures that are emerging—primarily led by young people—are built solely around prayer services. Instead of accepting this

I do not ask for a path with no trouble or regret. I ask instead for a friend who'll walk with me down any path. I do not ask never to feel pain. I ask instead for courage, even when hope can scarce shine through. And one more thing I ask: That in every hour of joy or pain, I feel the Creator close by my side. This is my truest prayer for myself and for all I love, now and forever, Amen.

Father in heaven, we confess to you that we don't pray as we ought. Ignite our hearts with the fiery darts of your Spirit to enable us to pray. Create in us a life of unceasing prayer. Stoke the fire of prayer in our church to a new intensity so that we are changed, as well as the people around us. Jesus, we lift up your name; we plead with you to draw people to yourself. Turn our church around for your glory, now and forevermore! In Jesus' name. Amen.

Prayer: I turn my will and my life over to the Higher Power of Karma. I vow to live in harmony with the moral laws of the universe and to use the power of Karma to support my spiritual and worldly growth.

A theologian is one who prays—and stays awake.

Christian doctrine is what the church believes, teaches, and confesses as it prays and suffers, serves and obeys, celebrates and awaits the coming of the kingdom of God. —Jaroslav Pelikan

In an apparent nod to the previous year's "Freedom Under God" observance, which was set to be repeated in 1952, Truman selected the Fourth of July as the date for the first National Day of Prayer.

John Knox's dying words were, 'Lord, grant true pastors to Thy kirk.' Such was the last prayer of a great man without whom there would have been no America, no Puritans, no Pilgrims, no Scottish covenanters, no Presbyterians, no Patrick Henry, no Samuel Adams, no George Washington. Could it have been so simple? John Knox's agenda was far from political. All he wanted were more pastors and elders. This is our agenda. Lord grant true pastors to Thy church!

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man.

Turn on a light if it's dark outside, pray if darkness hits you from inside

?if? is an essential way of making the Qur'?n penetrate you. It is not a mechanical, ritual act; it is an act of high spiritual and devotional importance. Only through ?if? can you read the Qur'?n in Prayers and ponder over its meaning while you stand in the presence of the Speaker. But apart from that, it makes the Qur'?n flow on your tongue, reside in your mind, dwell in your heart: it becomes your constant companion.

The Prophet said that when a person performs Salat, he actually comes nearer to Allah and talks to Him. If you look at how you pray five times a day, you will have a barometer in your hand to find out how much you love Allah. Once

He told us of an incident from the life of the Prophet Musa. Musa heard a poor shepherd praying: 'Where art Thou that I may serve Thee? I will mend Thy boots, comb Thy hair, give Thee milk from my goats.' Musa reprimanded the shepherd for so speaking to God. God in His turn reprimanded Musa. 'Thou hast driven away one of my true servants.

You came here of your own accord and are lost in yourself; I know not what you search for, or who. If I want anyone it is you, if I want to see anyone it is you. You are the desire of my heart and my eyes' prayer.