Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God. Votes: 2
Thomas ChalmersI deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. Votes: 0
Marianne WilliamsonThe prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersPrayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. Trust tranquility. Votes: 0
Shirley MacLainePreaching affects men; prayer affects God. Preaching affects time; prayer affects eternity Votes: 0
Leonard RavenhillFor prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. Votes: 0
Saint Teresa of AvilaOf all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer. Votes: 0
William WilberforceAfflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice. Votes: 0
Isaac of NinevehPrayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness. Votes: 0
Martin LutherPrayer is as mighty as God, because He has committed Himself to answer it. Votes: 0
Leonard RavenhillTo give prayer the secondary place is to make God seconday in life's affairs. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsGod speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. Votes: 0
Mother TeresaPrayer is an impossibility without a living faith in the presence of God within. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiPrayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God's. . .grace and power. Votes: 0
R. A. TorreyPrayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself. Votes: 0
Mother TeresaGod designed the program of prayer as an 'apprenticeship' for eternal sovereignty with Christ. Votes: 0
Paul BillheimerThe word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsAsking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GeorgeI do not believe that God answers the prayer of any unredeemed Gentile or Jew Votes: 0
Jerry FalwellPrayer is God's ordained way to bring His miracle power to bear in human need. Votes: 0
Wesley L DuewelWatch your motive before God; have no other motive in prayer than to know Him. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersA personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiHealing is not always obtained by saying a prayer. It is obtained by obeying God Votes: 0
John G. LakePrayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total. Votes: 0
Alistair BeggPrayer is you speaking to God. Meditation is allowing the spirit to speak to you. Votes: 0
Deepak ChopraNo man's prayer is acceptable with God whose life is not well pleasing before God. Votes: 0
Alexander WhyteNine times out of ten, declension from God begins in the neglect of private prayer. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonGod uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them. Votes: 0
Harold LindsellLive a life of prayer, giving glory to God and continually listening for His guidance. Votes: 0
Mary C. NealPrayer is an acknowledgement of your dependence on God and His direction for your life. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GeorgePrayer is an acknowledgement of your dependence on God and His direction for your life. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgePrayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father. Votes: 0
Samuel ChadwickPrayer enables you to tap into God's wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what's going on. Votes: 0
Elizabeth GeorgeScientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion. Votes: 0
Michael ShermerPrayer is God's appointed means for appropriating the blessings that are ours in Christ Jesus. Votes: 0
D. A. CarsonPrayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsThe purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer Votes: 0
Catherine MarshallPrayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do. Votes: 0
Mark BattersonThe first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.- Votes: 0
Brennan ManningIf you bow your knees more often in prayer, you will feel the presence of God. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaGod is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer. Votes: 0
Evelyn UnderhillPrayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will. Votes: 0
Henry BlackabyEvery mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsGod answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make. Votes: 0
J. I. PackerThere is power in prayer. When men work, they work. but when men pray, God works. Votes: 0
Angus BuchanPrayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something Votes: 0
Dennis PragerSome people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case. Votes: 0
John Shelby SpongPrayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersPrayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does change the action of God. Votes: 0
Chuck SmithHear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals. Votes: 0
Albert SchweitzerAnd my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned, Votes: 0
Lupita Nyong'oGod loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it. Votes: 0
Adoniram JudsonNothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God. Votes: 0
Phillips BrooksPrayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God. Votes: 0
Peter KreeftTo keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer. Votes: 0
Georgia HarknessPrayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well. Votes: 0
Timothy KellerEvery tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. Votes: 0
Frederick DouglassThe act of prayer present an opportunity to communicate and connect to the Supreme being,God. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaAlmost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat. Votes: 0
Rick WarrenSuffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God. Votes: 0
Jane Frances de ChantalEffective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings. Votes: 0
D. A. CarsonIf you lack wisdom in regard to a problem, you need to go to God in prayer. Votes: 0
J. Vernon McGeeThe life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him. Votes: 0
Teresa of AvilaPrayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God. Votes: 0
Pio of PietrelcinaLabor! all labor is noble and holy! Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God. Votes: 0
Frances Sargent OsgoodWhen we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis! Votes: 0
Lily TomlinHe who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has heaven and earth at his disposal. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonNever make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersThe Word of God represents all the possibilities of God as at the disposal of true prayer. Votes: 0
Arthur Tappan PiersonPrayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsGod's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer. Votes: 0
Matthew HenryThe richness of Godâs Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart. Votes: 0
Dietrich BonhoefferThe only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises. Votes: 0
Edward McKendree BoundsCentral Truth: Prayer is successful only when it is based on the promises in Godâs Word! Votes: 0
Kenneth E. HaginTriumphant prayer is almost impossible where there is neglect of the study of the Word of God. Votes: 0
R. A. TorreyPrayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God. Votes: 0
R. A. TorreyPrayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable. Votes: 0
Simone WeilBy my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. Votes: 0
Malcolm BoydBy my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. Votes: 0
Reverend Malcolm BoydThe wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us. Votes: 0
Georges BernanosTrue prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonBe honest with God and ask Him to give you a willingness to do the work of prayer. Votes: 0
David JeremiahThe fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things. Votes: 0
Julian of NorwichReal prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.. Votes: 0
Mother TeresaThank God he killed the guy. Oh, now, wait a minute. What kind of a prayer was that! Votes: 0
Anne RiceI refuse the oration of all churches. I ask a prayer of all souls. I believe in God. Votes: 0
Victor HugoI've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerIn books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart. Votes: 0
Pio of PietrelcinaPray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will. Votes: 0
Frederick William RobertsonIf we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer. Votes: 0
Dwight L. MoodyPrayer is not the answer. God is the answer. Prayer is the vehicle by which we reach God. Votes: 0
Greg LaurieThe purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God. Votes: 0
Marianne Williamson...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need. Votes: 0
Julian of NorwichIf prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Votes: 0
Philip YanceyPrayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts." Votes: 0
Richard J. FosterO LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? (Psalms 80:4) Votes: 0
BiblePrayer means that we have come boldly into the throne room and we are standing in God's presence. Votes: 0
E.W. KenyonPrayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart. Votes: 0
Maximilian KolbeWhen you kneel in prayer, don't give God orders, just report to your Commander in Chief for duty. Votes: 0
Michael CattPrayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul. Votes: 0
Thomas WatsonPrayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. Votes: 0
AmbroseFaith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgePrayer is the only adequate way to multiply our efforts fast enough to reap the harvest God desires. Votes: 0
Wesley L DuewelThe prayer does call for serious, serious punishment on people. But I didn't call for that, God did. Votes: 0
Wiley DrakePrayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit. Votes: 0
Alexander WhyteThere is no promise too hard for God to fulfill. No prayer is too big for Him to answer! Votes: 0
Christine CainePrayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God. Votes: 0
Mother TeresaYes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one. Votes: 0
Art GarfunkelNo god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will. Votes: 0
Madalyn Murray O'HairPray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. Votes: 0
John BunyanPrayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerYou are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiWhen we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer. Votes: 0
Cyprianprayer is a law of the universe, like gravity. You don't even have to believe in God to ask ... Votes: 0
Sophy BurnhamThe sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiTake prayer with you wherever you go. Say it anytime, and then focus your mind and heart on God. Votes: 0
Henri NouwenPrayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness. Votes: 0
Pope John Paul IIOur prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends. Votes: 0
Mark HopkinsPrayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God. Votes: 0
Andrew MurrayThere is no such thing as a powerful prayer; we only have powerful people praying to a powerful God. Votes: 0
Chris OyakhilomeHappy are they who freely mingle prayer and toil till God responds to the one and rewards the other. Votes: 0
Samuel I. PrimeThe prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul." Votes: 0
Ernest RenanWe tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersThere is no prayer or good work so great, so pleasing to God, so useful to us as the Mass. Votes: 0
Lawrence GiustinianiThe basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His. Votes: 0
Timothy KellerHow often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. Votes: 0
Teresa of AvilaPrayer, in it's simplest form, is finding out what God wants to do and then asking Him to do it. Votes: 0
Graham CookePrayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude - an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God. Votes: 0
Arthur W. PinkIf you begin to live life looking for the God that is all around you, every moment becomes a prayer. Votes: 0
Joseph Frank BiancoMy only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you." Votes: 0
Francis ChanPrayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory. Votes: 0
John BunyanBy our attitude to prayer we tell God that what was begun in the Spirit we can finish in the flesh. Votes: 0
Leonard RavenhillWhen you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group Votes: 0
Corrie Ten BoomAs soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf a prayer is the way we talk to God, if a million people pray, that's got to be one big message. Votes: 0
Tony VernaDisappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan. Votes: 4 Charles Stanley