Quotes about Prayer

All those who storm heaven like giants, without Christ's help, are deprived of any right knowledge of God.

O grant, that in the trials by which we must be daily exercised, we may raise upwards our minds to thee, and never cease to think that thou art near us;

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.

I need thy thunder, O my God; thy music will not serve me.

And, O my God, who madest thyself a light in a bush, in the midst of these brambles and thorns of a sharp sickness, appear unto me so that I may see thee, and know thee to be my God, applying thyself to me, even in these sharp and thorny passages.

The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him.

The real business of your life as a saved soul is intercessory prayer.

My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.

When we touch the foundation of the reality of the good news of God, we will never bother Him anymore with little personal complaints.

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.

Expect great things from God, receive great things from God. Expect little from God, receive little from God.