Praying Quotes

• Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

  Saint Augustine

  Faith, Spiritual, Prayer

  "Is It Okay to Pray for Material Things?" by Rick Hamlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2010.

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• Pray, and let God worry.

  Martin Luther

  Trust, Encouraging, Hope

  Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan (1975). “Letters”

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• Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, God, Christian

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• The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says 'Amen' and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him our ideas.

  Frank Laubach

  Running, Prayer, Ideas

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• In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice a man to cease from prayer. The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Heart, Sacrifice

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.659, Delphi Classics

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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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• Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Faith, Prayer, Health

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• Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.

  LeCrae

  Prayer, Heart, Worry Less

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• All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

  Martin Luther

  God, Faith, Prayer

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• The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Change, God, Faith

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• He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

  William Law

  Christian, Prayer, Happy Life

  William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) (1759). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection ... The fifth edition”, p.403

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• Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place in which you can listen to the voice of the One who calls you the beloved. To pray is to listen to the One who calls you 'my beloved daughter,' 'my beloved son,' 'my beloved child.' To pray is to let that voice speak to the center of your being, to your guts, and let that voice resound in your whole being.

  Henri Nouwen

  Daughter, Prayer, Children

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• The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.

  S. D Gordon

  Prayer, Men, Revival

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• 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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• I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Men, Teach

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• Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

  John Bunyan (1872). “The Complete Works of John Bunyan”, p.80

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• It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer; and further we have not only to continue in prayer unto the end, but we have also to believe that God does hear us, and will answer our prayers. Most frequently we fail in not continuing in prayer until the blessing is obtained, and in not expecting the blessing.

  George Muller

  Prayer, Believe, Blessing

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• Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, War, Fighting

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• The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too
  busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Laughing, Devil, Together

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• Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Mistake, Thinking, Saving

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons”, p.140

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• Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Night, Keys

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• When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

  Peter O'Toole

  Religious, Atheist, Talking

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• Don't forget to pray today because God did not forget to wake you up this morning.

  Oswald Chambers

  Morning, Prayer, Today

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• You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide open while someone else says them for you. It means fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God. This kind of prayer be sure the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature will oppose. They will pour water on this flame.

  William Booth

  Prayer, Mean, Wrestling

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• Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all pray.

  R. A. Torrey

  Christian, Great Things, Missions And Prayer

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