Quotes about Prayer
The Family that prays together, stays together.
— Pope John Paul II
Let us love one another as God loves each one of us. And where does this love begin? In our own home. How does it begin? By praying together.
— Mother Teresa
Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.'
— Thomas Monson
It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.
— DL Moody
I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.
— John Wesley
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
— Pope Benedict XVI
We are both going to pray that we may live together all our lives and die the same day.
— LM Montgomery
Lord," I had written, "protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.
— Barack Obama
You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Forgive me, O Heavenly Father, according to the multitude of Thy mercies. I have lusted in my heart to break a man's skull and scatter the stench of his brains across several people's back yards.
— Barbara Kingsolver
So she was what Hester called a 911 Christian: in the event of an emergency, call the Lord.
— Barbara Kingsolver
All that you have brought upon us and all that you have done to us, You have done in justice… Deliver us in your wonderful way. SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN, 7—19 THE APOCRYPHA
— Barbara Kingsolver