I Pray Quotes

• We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Eye, Christian Inspirational

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.36, Discovery House

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• Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Prayer, Powerful God

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• Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Prayer, Worry

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• Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, God, Christian

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• The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Praying, Harder

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• I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me.

  C. S. Lewis

  Helping, Praying, Because I Can

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• Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

  Neil Peart

  Sleep, Soul, Taxes Funny

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• Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.

  Adam Clarke

  Prayer, Heart, Christian Inspirational

  Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.252

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• Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

  Phillips Brooks

  Prayer, Tasks, Praying

  Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: Visions and tasks, and other sermons”

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• I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

  Maya Angelou

  Grateful, Praying, Wonderful

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 25, 2015

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• Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

  Phillips Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hope

  Phillips Brooks (1886). “Visions and Tasks: Sermons Fourth Series”

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• I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

  William Nicholson

  Sleep, Needs, Flow

  "Fictional character: C.S Lewis (Jack)". "Shadowlands", 1993.

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• 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

  Christian, Prayer, Lying

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• I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change #‎ God - it changes me.

  C. S. Lewis

  Sleep, Doe, Needs

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• I pray for my nation, South Africa. As Jesus stood in the boat and commanded the storms to be calm, I stand in the midst of the storm in my nation, South Africa and I command the storm, wind and waves to be calm, in the name of Jesus! I speak calmness to my nation, South Africa, in the name of Jesus!

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Wind, Names

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• I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.

  Junipero Serra

  Inspirational, Life, Years

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• It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.

  John Shelby Spong

  Praying, Easy, Enough

  "Challenging the 'Sins of Scripture'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. April 14, 2005.

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• I pray as much as possible.

  Tinie Tempah

  Praying

  "Tinie Tempah interview: 'It's a new day, a new age, a new outlook" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.

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• I pray every day for my little girls. It's hard out there for the younger generation.

  Angie Harmon

  Girl, Young Generation, Generations

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• 'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

  Edward Everett Hale

  Country, Drs, Looks

  Van Wyck Brooks 'New England Indian Summer' (1940) p. 418 n.

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• Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

  Vera Farmiga

  Prayer, Important, Praying

  "Vera Farmiga on 'Higher Ground'". Interview with Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2011.

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• I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

  Elizabeth I

  Hype, Deception, Praying

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• And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

  Venerable Bede

  Jesus, Forever, One Day

  Saint Bede (the Venerable) (1966). “Historia Abbatum Auctore Anonymo”

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• I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

  Drew Barrymore

  Beach, Ocean, Wave Of Life

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• At times I have long conversations with God. Sometimes I ask questions. I admit that there are also times when I let out my frustrations, fears, and anxieties in less than honorable ways. No matter what I pray about or how I pray about it, the result I always get is comfort.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Frustration, Long, Anxiety

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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