Quotes about Connection
Why is it that when we talk to God, it's called 'prayer,' but when God speaks to us, it's called schizophrenia?
- Henry Blackaby
Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
- Julian of Norwich
Prayer is not the answer. God is the answer. Prayer is the vehicle by which we reach God.
- Greg Laurie
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.
- Oswald Chambers
Prayer shouldn't be casual or sporadic, dictated only by the needs of the moment. Prayer should be as much a part of our lives as breathing.
- Billy Graham
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
- Teresa of Avila
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
- John Wesley
Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
- Khalil Gibran
The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
- Julian of Norwich
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
- Oscar Romero
Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
- Jimmy Carter
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
- Charles Spurgeon