Quotes About Faith

Prayer, even more than eating or sleeping, is not a luxury but a necessity, and we are only fully human when we remember this and arrange our life accordingly.

Thank God for unanswered prayers.

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.

The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer is to change your mind so you can see through the eyes of God.

It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.

I assure you, where prayer focuses power falls.

What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?

Waiting prayer, or waiting on the Lord, is the silent surrendering of the soul to God. It is wordless worship. It is seeking God not from without but from within. It is to seek God in your heart.

Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer.

A man is powerful on his knees.

Prayer shouldn't be casual or sporadic, dictated only by the needs of the moment. Prayer should be as much a part of our lives as breathing.

Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.

There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer.

God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.

If you ever feel distant, never mistake who has drifted away. Prayer will close this gap.

In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

Prayer is not just something on our to-do list; it's the breath of our soul.

All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.

Why do you pray if you doubt you are heard?