Quotes about Prayer
every expression of gratitude is a prayer, which means the practice of intentional gratitude leads directly to a life lived in continual worship." He
— Terri Blackstock
Jesus said, 'You have not, because you ask not.
— Terri Blackstock
The story of her personal journey appears in books such as Touched By the Savior by Mike Yorkey, True Stories of Answered Prayer by Mike Nappa, Faces of Faith by John Hanna, and I Saw Him in Your Eyes by Ace Collins.
— Terri Blackstock
He sank in emotion, but kept praying, lifting Beth up to the throne of heaven, laying her in the arms of God, begging him for healing. Even Logan, who usually prayed in halting one-sentence prayers, talked openly to God, appealing to the Creator of the universe to pull Beth from the edge of death.
— Terri Blackstock
Get into a habit of literally saying out loud or quietly under your breath, "Thank You, Jesus," and say it for everything.
— Terri Savelle Foy
I have never asked God to let me die young, It is true I have always thought I should do so, but it is a favour I have not tried to obtain.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Therefore, let him who until now has had the privilege of living in common Christian life with other Christians praise God's grace from the bottom of his heart. Let him thank God on his knees and declare: It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
The one who is sufficient for the life and work of the ministry is the one who "lives the life of faith and prayer" and who seeks to fill "his head [with] all knowledge and his heart with all holiness" in pursuit of his Lord.
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His Sacred Wounds. For if you devoutly seek the Wounds of Jesus and the precious marks of His Passion, you will find great strength in all troubles.
— Thomas a Kempis
God often grants in a moment what He has long denied.
— Thomas a Kempis
Do what pleases others, not yourself. ̢с Choose to do and have less rather than more. ̢с Be a servant; seek the lowest place. ̢с Pray to become all that God wants you to be.
— Thomas a Kempis
O quam salubre, quam iucundum et suave est sedere in solitudine et tacere et loqui cum Deo!
— Thomas a Kempis