Prayer Quotes - Page 29

• Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Memories, Opportunity

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• Jesus is the prime exemplar of life in God's presence. He lived out of an awareness of the identity God had given him, not the identity the world wanted to give him; he led an active, ongoing prayer life; he took time apart from the world to be with his Father; he made his Father's agenda his agenda; he made his Father's love for people evident in tangible ways; and so on. These are all characteristics that we should emulate in our lives.

  Kenneth Boa

  Jesus, Father, People

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• The first century money changers were in the temple, but they didn't have the spirit of the temple... They were out of sync with the whole purpose of the Lord's house. "The atmosphere of my Father's house," Jesus seemed to say, "is to be prayer. The aroma around my Father must be that of people opening their hearts in worship and supplication. This is not a place to make a buck. This is a house for calling on the Lord.

  Jim Cymbala

  Jesus, Father, Heart

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• Let's forget the novelties. If we prevail in prayer, God will do only what he can do. How he does things, when he does them, and in what manner are up to him. The name of Jesus, the power of his blood, and the prayer of faith have never lost their power over the centuries.

  Jim Cymbala

  Jesus, Blood, Names

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.130, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The world knows little of the works wrought by prayer.

  Dwight L. Moody

  World, Littles, Knows

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• Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Jesus, Heart, Rooms

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• Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers would become nothing more than wishes. But while God's sovereignty, along with his wisdom and love, is the foundation of our trust in Him, prayer is the expression of that trust.

  Jerry Bridges

  Love Is, Expression, Wish

  Jerry Bridges (2014). “Holiness Day by Day: Transformational Thoughts for Your Spiritual Journey”, p.105, Tyndale House

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• Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary: I humbly pray to heaven above that I love the man I marry.

  Anouk Aimee

  Love, Men, Heaven

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• For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride at what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Patriotic, Pride, Men

  Telephone Talk With Apollo 11 Astronauts on the Moon, delivered 20 July 1969, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

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• To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he'd removed the iron sliver I thought I'd die from. I can't remember the tale, but hear his voice still, a well of dark water, a prayer. And I recall his hands, two measures of tenderness he laid against my face.

  Li-Young Lee

  Fathers Day, Dad, Dark

  Li-Young Lee (1986). “Rose: Poems”, p.15, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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• Prayer never works for me on the golf course. That may have something to do with my being a terrible putter.

  Billy Graham

  Golf, May, Terrible

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• The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time. I'm sure I wasn't the only goalie who did that.

  Johnny Bower

  Hockey, Nhl, Goalies

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• 'Help' is a prayer that is always answered.

  Anne Lamott

  Helping, Answered Prayers, Dance Floor

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.37, Penguin

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• Blessings are the spiritual equivalent of breathing in, and prayer is the spiritual equivalent of breathing out.

  Thom Hartmann

  Spiritual, Blessing, Breathing

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• Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Praying, Trouble, I Pray

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• To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Moving, May, Praying

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.123, Convergent Books

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• To say a prayer is not enough. One has to believe that it's possible for that prayer to be heard.

  Marvin Hier

  Believe, Enough, Heard

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• The purpose of prayer is not to influence God to grant you special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are always connected to God.

  Wayne Dyer

  Special, Purpose, Favors

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• I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

  Anne Lamott

  Praying, Ifs, Praying For You

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• Being a Christian doesn't mean I don't get stressed or upset when training doesn't go well. But even if I have those reactions, I think, 'I should pray about this.'

  Catriona Le May Doan

  Christian, Mean, Thinking

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• All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.

  John Henry Jowett

  Sacrifice, Men, Vitality

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• To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Tunes, Study, My Time

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• Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Pride, Men, Envy

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• Purity is the fruit of prayer.

  Mother Teresa

  Catholic, Fruit, Purity

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