Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart. — Maximilian Kolbe
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. — Al-Ghazali
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? — David Livingstone
Prayer is when you talk to god, meditation is when god talks to you.
Prayer Is So Powerful Quotes
Prayer is the greatest power God has put into our hands for service - praying is harder than doing, at least I find it so, but the dynamic lies that way to advance the Kingdom. — Mary Slessor
Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees. ... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Books on prayer are good, but not good enough. As books on cooking are good but hopeless unless there is food to work on, so with prayer. One can read a library of prayer books and not be one whit more powerful in prayer. We must learn to pray, and we must pray to learn to pray. — Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door.
Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things. — Pat Robertson
Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace. — Michelle Shocked
So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation. — Marianne Williamson
God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is no.
No problem is too small for His attention nor so large that He cannot answer the prayer of faith. Prayer surely is the passport to spiritual power. — Thomas S. Monson
In fact, it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community that the government may not use its authority to try to influence an individual's decision on whether and when to pray. — Barbara Brandriff Crabb
There is power through prayer. For many Christians, prayer is nothing special, just something we're supposed to do - go to church, tithe, read the Bible, pray. But prayer should be so much more than an item on our "to do" lists. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Power Of Prayer Quotes
We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results. — R. A. Torrey
Prayer is powerful! It fills the earth with mercy, it makes the Divine clemency pass from generation to generation; right along the course of the centuries wonderful works have been achieved through prayer. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
They who pray with faith have fervour and fervour is the fire of prayer. This mysterious fire has the power of consuming all our faults and imperfections, and of giving to our actions, vitality, beauty and merit. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer. — F.B. Meyer
We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer, has entrusted us with a force that can move the Heavenly world, and can bring its power down to earth. — Andrew Murray
You could remove the powerful preaching from our church and it would still continue. You could remove the administration of pastoral care through the cell group system and the church would still continue. But if you remove the prayer life of our church it would collapse. — David Yonggi Cho
If the only prayer you said was "Thank you", that would be enough.
Your desire is your prayer. Picture the fulfillment of your desire now and feel its reality and you will experience the joy of the answered. Dr. Joseph Murphy — Joseph Murphy
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you. — Diogenes
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul. — Franklin Graham
The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God's power spills over into other areas of our life. — Dallas Willard
Powerful Prayer Quotes
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes. — Martin Luther
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
What you cannot achieve with your efforts, you can achieve with prayer.
Prayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need. — Wesley L Duewel
We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings. — Andrew Wommack
Perhaps the shortest and most powerful prayer in human language is help. — Thomas Keating
Prayer is the key of the morning and bolt of the evening.
We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous! — Jim Elliot
We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own. — John Owen
Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God. — Jane Frances de Chantal
. . . in the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your problems with prayer. This develops your spiritual power and it also trains you to use that spiritual power in the most effective way. — Emmet Fox
Prayer Changes Things Quotes
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer. — John Bunyan
The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray. — Chuck Smith
Under certaion circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer. — R. A. Torrey
Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails. — Watchman Nee
Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. — Corrie Ten Boom
If the only prayer you ever say is "Thank you", that will be enough.
I became a Christian man in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page, but it was a real thing that really saved me. And you can't identify unless you're really going through it. It's a full-blown exchange of heart, a surrender of control. — Sayings
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. — Sam Shoemaker
Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. — R. C. Sproul
There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer. — Arthur Tappan Pierson
Prayer Life Quotes
Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself. — Kathryn Kuhlman
Prayer is a walk with God....We can minister to the Lord as a group but I'll tell you one thing about it, you'll never have that intimacy of ministering to the Lord and worshiping Him with a group that you'll have in your own individual life. — Kenneth E. Hagin
A mother's love is like a beacon, Burning bright with Faith and Prayer, And through the changing scenes of life, We can find a haven there. — Helen Steiner Rice
Never underestimate the amazing power of prayer.
Never lose hope. Stay close to Allah and when you mess up, go back to Him. Never, ever stop going back to Him. Repent often. Cry to Allah. And hold on tight-with your life-to His remembrance and to prayer. If you do this, you may get wet, but insha Allah never drown in this ocean of dunya. — Yasmin Mogahed
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life. — Saint John Chrysostom
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one — Bruce Lee
The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet. — David Livingstone
This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth! — Keith Green
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. — Francis of Assisi
Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about. — N. T. Wright
Prayer Works Quotes
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. — John Bunyan
Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil. — Chuck Smith
You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to him: I love you God, I trust you, I believe in you, I need you now. Small things like that. They are wonderful prayers. — Mother Teresa
Every one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them. — Dwight L. Moody
Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. — Thomas Hooker
Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation. — E. Stanley Jones
All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet. — Samuel Logan Brengle
Prayer is essentially a partnership of the redeemed child of God working hand in hand with God toward the realization of His redemptive purposes on earth. — Jack W. Hayford
The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed. — William Carey
Commitment is when I do not give myself another option. That is when work becomes a prayer. — Mahatria Ra
Christian Prayer Quotes
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. — John Piper
You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests. — Saint John Chrysostom
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. — Hudson Taylor
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things! — Andrew Murray
Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer. — Charles Grandison Finney
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. — George Muller
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions. — John Wesley
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? — Corrie Ten Boom
Need Prayer Quotes
Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child's conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs. — Billy Graham
Real prayer is communion with God, so that there will be common thoughts between His mind and ours. What is needed is for Him to fill our hearts with His thoughts, and then His desires will become our desires flowing back to Him. — Arthur W. Pink
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him. — Ravi Zacharias
To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. — Teresa of Avila
You are obliged to love your neighbor as yourself, and loving him, you ought to help him spiritually, with prayer, counseling him with words, and assisting him both spiritually and temporally, according to the need in which he may be, at least with your goodwill if you have nothing else. — St. Catherine of Siena
Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day. — Wayne Dyer
Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, 'Well, isn't that fabulous? Because I need help too. So you go get that old woman over there some water, and I'll figure out what we're going to do about your stuff. — Anne Lamott
Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe. — Andrea Gibson
As believers, you don't need to pray for a new heart, you need to pray for a new head. — Andrew Wommack
Missions And Prayer Quotes
You have one business on earth – to save souls. — John Wesley
One Way: Jesus! One Job: Evangelism! — T.L. Osborn
When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone. — Hudson Taylor
Go straight for souls, and go for the worst. — William Booth
All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them. — Hudson Taylor
The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. — Henry Martyn
If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity. — William Carey
As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end! — David Brainerd
I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
If you don't have a definite call to stay here, you are called to go. — Keith Green
Family Prayer Quotes
The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God...and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary. — Pope Pius X
I'm in shock. Whitney was such an amazing artist. When I started my English career, I wanted to be like her. I loved her so much. My prayers go out to her daughter and to all of her family. — Celine Dion
Two of the central ingredients to our family are food and faith, so sitting down together and thanking God for the food He's provided means everything to us. Prayer is a natural part of our lives - not only around the dinner table but all day long. — Phil Robertson
The only things that really need to be accomplished in the home are daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home evening. — Linda S. Reeves
In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother. She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. — Sayings
Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion's joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion — Henry B. Eyring
When we pray, we make tremendous power available, dynamic in its working, causing changes in our favour. Certain prayer sessions are specially designed by the Lord to help straighten out things in the spirit-realm regarding our immediate or later future as individuals, families or ministries. — Chris Oyakhilome
A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven. — Thomas Brooks
Power Of God Quotes
God never intended His people to be ordinary or commonplace. His intentions were that they should be on fire for Him, conscious of His divine power, realizing the glory of the cross that foreshadows the crown. — Smith Wigglesworth
Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness. — John G. Lake
The only limit to the power of Almighty God lies within you & me. — Sayings
The oil is a gift bestowed by God on the Arab nation, to use after centuries of poverty, backwardness and servitude - in raising its living standards, developing its economic, social and cultural conditions, and building up its own power to meet the challenges and conspiracies besetting it. — Saddam Hussein
The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers. — Maximilian Kolbe
Stress and worry is a residual of relying on yourself and being your own god, in control of everything. Worship allows us to rely on God's power to steer us through life. — T. D. Jakes
The purpose of a spirit filled life is to demonstrate the supernatural power of our living God so that the unsaved multitudes will abandon their dead gods to call upon the name of The Lord and be delivered. — T.L. Osborn
The power of God will take you out of your own plans and put you into the plan of God. — Smith Wigglesworth
All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested. — Pope Urban II
There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority. — T. D. Jakes
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. — Jonathan Edwards
The true church lives and moves and has its being in prayer. — Leonard Ravenhill
Gratitude is the greatest prayer. Thank you is the greatest mantra. — Swami Nithyananda
Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused. — Charles Spurgeon
All the resources of the Godhead are at our disposal! — Jonathan Goforth
Prayer is the link that connects us with God. — A. B. Simpson
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. — Garth Brooks
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working. — Francis of Assisi
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