Quotes About Prayer

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

The third preventive for callousness is the life of prayer (Heb. 4:14–16).

These three—fellowship, the Word, and prayer—will enable the believer to experience the new life in his heart: in his intellect, emotions, will, and spiritual life.

Now you can understand what Jesus meant in John 17:11 when He stood before the disciples and prayed, ''I'm no more in this world." He was calling those things that be not as though they were. He was also calling His citizenship in heaven. Thank God, our citizenship is not of this world.

I thank God, though it looks like the mountain's (problem) getting bigger, it's not. In the Name of Jesus I see it removed by the eye of faith

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is thy refuge, even the most high they habitation. There shall be no evil before thee, neither shall any plague come by thy dwelling. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him." -Peter Cratchit

The devoutest person could have rendered no greater homage to the efficacy of an honest prayer than he did in this distrust of his wife. It was as if a professed unbeliever in ghosts should be frightened by a ghost story.

As its silent track in the water disappeared, the prayer that had broken up out of his heart for a merciful consideration of all his poor blindnesses and errors, ended in the words, "I am the resurrection and the life.

Mindful, then, of what we had read together, I thought of the two men who went up into the Temple to pray, and I knew there were no better words that I could say beside his bed, than 'O Lord, be merciful to him, a sinner!

Dare I hint at that worse time when, strung together somewhere in great black space, there was a flaming necklace, or ring, or starry circle of some kind, of which I was one of the beads! And when my only prayer was to be taken off from the rest, and when it was such inexplicable agony and misery to be a part of the dreadful thing?

His wife explained that she had merely "asked a blessing." "Don't do it!" said Mr. Cruncher looking about, as if he rather expected to see the loaf disappear under the efficacy of his wife's petitions. "I ain't a going to be blest out of house and home. I won't have my wittles blest off my table. Keep still!

But the root of all sin is self-sufficiency—independence from the rule of God. When we fail to wait prayerfully for God's guidance and strength, we are saying with our actions, if not with our words, that we do not need him. How much of our service is actually a "going it alone"?

Lord, as my Source and Creator, I will make time for You. Transform me so I may carry out Your wonderful plans for my life, amen.

Whenever problems arise, get alone and listen quietly for God.

the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

Two things immediately happen when you use God's Word as a prayer source. First, you are strengthened within your soul. God's Word is powerful (Heb. 4:12). It reveals the message of His heart written just for you. If you are weary from the battles of life, the Word of God is a minister of hope and truth. It is God breathed; therefore, it has the ability to refresh and renew the downtrodden.

Therefore, believe, pray, and know that if adversity touches your life, God is at work, and He will bring you through this season of difficulty victoriously!

For pastors, no asset is more precious than the consistent prayers of God's people. However, one major problem in the church today is that people spend more time criticizing their pastors than they do praying for them. More than ever, God's servants need to be upheld in prayer. More than ever they need utterance, boldness, and clarity in presenting the gospel. It is time we stopped criticizing and started interceding.

Friend, God's will is not something that you can find through trial and error. Rather, you discover it through your intimate relationship with Him—through prayer and Bible study as you strive to know Him better. If you have been on a quest to "find God" or "track down His will," stop searching and simply talk to Him. He knows where you are, and He knows exactly where you need to go. No roadmap could promise more.

He encourages you to share your heart with God, but also directs you to pay attention to what the Father is teaching you.

Escoja responder a la vida como Jesús respondió. Proteja su vida de oración. Proteja su vida de pensamiento. Busque a Dios y a todo lo piadoso. La Palabra de Dios promete que si llena su mente con aquello en que hay virtud y es digno de alabar, «el Dios de paz estará con usted» (Filipenses 4.9).

Therefore, when you do stumble, always remember you have an Advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ—who hears your prayers for forgiveness and cares when you are hurting. God may discipline you when you yield to temptation, but He will never withhold His love from you. You are His child. This truth never changes. And because He is righteous, loving, and steadfast, He will certainly never fail you.

A Safe House SCRIPTURE READING: PHILIPPIANS 4:4–7 KEY VERSE: PSALM 31:3

La Palabra de Dios indica que hay razones que explican por qué es que algunas súplicas no son contestadas: cuando se pide por razones equivocadas (Santiago 4.3), cuando hay desobediencia (1 Juan 3.22), cuando se pide sin tomar en cuenta la voluntad de Dios (1 Juan 5.14), entre otras cosas.