Quotes About Prayer

The whole secret may be summarized in these four words: "Inflame thyself in praying." —ALEISTER CROWLEY38

What discord should we bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered! Then we should govern the world, and not God. And do you think we should govern it better?

And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain.

Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer! Descend with broad-winged flight, The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night!

I pray. I go to mass. I even remember to respect my elders and help little old ladies across the street. What the hell did I do to deserve this?

So she prayed. She prayed she'd been right when she told herself something good and decent lived inside this man. Mostly, though, she prayed she hadn't made the worst mistake of her life when she allowed herself to fall in love with him.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Dr. Dave Stoop tells us that one-tenth of one percent of couples who pray together daily will get a divorce. That incredible statistic underlies what Norman Vincent Peale, the well-known pastor from New York City, used to say: "I have never met a couple who prayed together who didn't stay together.

We want to issue a challenge to you: Pray together for your marriage each day for sixty days. If sixty days seems too long, commit to thirty.

prayer "is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

She bowed her head and said, Lord of hosts, please stand with us against this darkness. The quiet, bedrock-deep energy of true faith brushed against me. Murphy echoed the gesture and the amen. Thomas and I tried to look theologically invisible.

Hi, God, it's me, Harry. Please don't turn me into a pillar of salt.

Lord," Michael said. "We walk into darkness now. Our enemies will surround us. Please help to make us strong enough to do what needs to be done. Amen.

Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

If you want to be a strong, maturing Christian, your first priority is to develop a closer relationship with God.

The more you pray, the more you are stating your desire to live your life by God's standards.

Your prayer life is the foundation of your relationship with Christ.

Prayer is your attempt to bring your will and desires in line with God's will.

Don't neglect the importance of prayer in your Christian life.

Prayer is a heart exercise. It's an act of communicating with God about what's most important and pressing in your life.

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

No matter what your situation, God is always ready to listen.

Doubt treats God's Word as human advice—but we should see doubt as a reminder of our need to pray.

Prayer releases your problems to God.