Quotes About Prayer

Good," he said, hoping and praying that a bolt of lightning would suddenly shoot from the heavens and kill him on the spot.

I am at an impasse, and you, O God, have brought me here...From my earliest days, I have believed in you. I shared in the life of your people: in their prayers, in their work, in their songs...For me your yoke was easy. On me your presence smiled. Noon has darkened...And where are you in this darkness?...Or is it not your absence in which I dwell but your elusive troubling presence?

Because really, when you get down on your knees on the pew, you're just giving God a blow job.

Three days later when his body was found they wanted to bury him in Mississippi. I wanted him home in Chicago. I wanted the world to see what they did to my boy. I wanted Emmett's death to be the last death. I wanted Emmett's death to kill American innocence. I wanted Emmett's death to be not only the death of my boy but the death of innocence. I wanted Mississippi, I wanted America, to give us justice. And I prayed that I would live long enough to see it.

My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I found, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow.

eli, eli, lema sabachtani

I don't pray because it makes sense to pray. I pray because my life doesn't make sense without prayer.

Y después de rezar toda la vida ante un santuario como aquél, ya no podía empezar a creer de pronto en un Dios salvador simplemente porque se veía necesitado de salvación.

era capaz de rezar y odiar al mismo tiempo.

You all right? Diana let out a deep breath. Ask me again when I'm not praying.

Power of light, strong and bright, bless us this night, shield us from sight.

If you don't quit following me, I will kill every man you've got. I'll burn down your house and rearrange your furniture. I will not pray for you and not for your children and not for your children's children. I'll get inside your dreams. I will contact Roberto Duran. We're very close friends. Did you know that? Do you understand me? Good.

This isn't anywhere I haven't been before. I've given up. In words muffled with exhaustion I whisper a prayer for my heart to stop.

The Prayer for a Parking Space Oh, divine and merciful God, History is without equal for how much I will adore You, when You give me today, a place to park. For You are the provider. And You are the source. From You all good is delivered. Within You all is found. In Your care will I find respite. With Your guidance, will I find peace. To stop, to rest, to idle, to park. These are Yours to give me. This is what I ask. Amen.

An apology with the heft of a prayer, if not the faith behind it.

Prayer ushers in order out of chaos, pulls peace out of confusion and destruction, and brings joy in the midst of sorrow. It takes what Satan meant for evil and brings us good. Prayer—

the newspaper is the Christian's report card. By reading the local news we can tell what kind of job we are doing as intercessors. I often encourage people to "pray the news.

We need to pray with full trust and assurance that God wants to answer prayers that are prayed in alignment with His Word and will for our lives.

Romans 8:26: Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings

God wants us to ask Him to do the things that release His will into every part of creation and each part of our everyday lives.

Father God, I thank you that your eyes are upon me today as I pray and that your ears are attentive and open to my prayers. I believe that you hear me.

There are times in our life when we don't know the direct outcome of our prayers, and the enemy wants us to think that God didn't hear us or didn't care. This is never the case, of course, even if we don't see immediate answers or the outcomes we anticipate.

And there are days when we will be distracted, tired, sick, bored, or even downright tired of praying. That's normal; we are, after all, only human. But God has the victory—He just wants our heart and our willingness to pray. He will do the rest!

There is a principle that is often painful to young intercessors who are full of zeal: God is not in a hurry. He takes the time He needs to build His character in us. He will patiently and methodically clean up our wicked hearts so He can allow us to pray His purposes into human affairs. Most of us want everything to happen immediately, but God loves to marinate.