Quotes About Prayer

Every life you touch, every difference you make, every prayer you pray makes the world a better place.

Miracles are not about praying the perfect prayer; miracles are about what happens when we welcome God's presence and power into our situations and our lives.

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we're not willing to forgive someone.

You should never feel guilty for calling out to God when things go wrong.

Tell God what's on your heart, and don't be afraid to pray for those who need healing.

Philemon, verse 6, "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Dear Lord, In times of loss and confusion, it's hard to understand why you don't just change my circumstances. In fact, Lord, sometimes I feel like I'm lost in an endless maze. But yet I know you are bigger than my problems, and despite my confusion about what to do next, I know you are not lost—you will guide me to where I need to be. That's why I choose to stick with you. Give me strength, Lord, your strength. In Jesus's name, amen.

Quiet your mind through prayer and meditation Scripture admonishes us to meditate day and night on God's Word. It brings physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and peace to our minds. When thoughts are racing in my head and I cannot sleep, I will often focus on a portion of Scripture or on the name of Jesus. Meditation allows us to just be in the moment with God. It stops everything else and brings attention to the here and now. It makes us aware of His presence.

Corporate prayer transformed Karla's small, cold isolation cell into a holy room where God's child enjoyed solitude with her Creator.

Maybe praying was another way to practice hope.

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

I am Elaine dughter of Barnard of Ascolat. Motherless. Sisterless. I sing these words to you now, because the point of light grows smaller ever smaller now, ever more distant now. And with this song, I pray I may push back the tides of war and death. So, I sing these words that this light, this tiny ray of light and hope may live on. I dare not hope that I may live on too.

If you are not praying the type of prayers that scare you, your prayers are certainly not frightening our enemy.

Bowing his head

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.

For Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS, the holy month of Ramadan - a time of fasting and prayer for the vast majority of Muslims - is seen as a particularly auspicious time to launch terrorist attacks.

My prayer is that the good news of Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, would flood Jewish communities around the world, that the veil would be lifted, and that we would see a massive turning of Israel to the Lord Jesus.

God is not a vending machine where if you put in enough prayer quarters we get a Reese's Pieces bag that pops out.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

May God have mercy on us all.

I know loving me isn't easy – the all-night helicopter parties, the glow-in-the-dark haircuts, but when I look at you it's like praying with my eyes. I know it's stupid to not own a gun yet have so many triggers, but in some other world gigantic seashells hold humans to their ears and listen to the echo of machines.

He wanted to express his gratitude to the dead thing. But how does one say a prayer over the corpse of a god?

Don't ever pray for love and health, Mother said. Or money. If G-d hears what you really want he will not give it to you. Guaranteed. When my father left my mother said, get down on your knees and pray for spoons

The refrigerator was one of the main things my mother prayed to. She said that a cold beer could make you love a refrigerator.