Quotes about Prayer
Mor had said she would pray for them. One side of Signe's mind said, Bosh, a waste of time. But the other side, the one that grew up praying and believing that God was indeed real and in His heaven, that He cared about His people here on earth and listened to their cries—that part fought to break free from the chest where she had banished it.
— Lauraine Snelling
Thou knowest our hearts, thou knowest our inmost beings, and we thank thee that thou lovest us anyway, for we are thy children and the sheep of thy pasture. Keep us in thy will that we may bring glory and honor to thy name. In Jesus' blessed name we pray. Amen.
— Lauraine Snelling
The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.
— George W. Bush
To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.
— John Keats
The Bible is to be understood by the spirit that grows with it, wrestles with it, and prays with it.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
It is not enough to think about the prophets; we must think through the prophets. It is not enough to read the Bible for its wisdom; we must pray the Bible to comprehend its claim.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
These are the three pillars on which our prayer rises to God: our own loyalty, the holiness of Israel, the mercy of God.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.
— Abraham Lincoln
Both [North and South] read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.
— Abraham Lincoln
I am not at all concerned about whose side God is on, for I know the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.
— Abraham Lincoln
The people who really rule the world are those who know how to pray.
— Derek Prince
It is unscriptural to pray for the sick if one is not prepared also to cast out demons. Jesus did not separate one from the other.
— Derek Prince