Quotes about Prayer
We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer, has entrusted us with a force that can move the Heavenly world, and can bring its power down to earth.
— Andrew Murray
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made.
— Walter Brueggemann
Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
— Mother Teresa
When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.
— Philip Yancey
When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.
— Hudson Taylor
Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
— Duke Ellington
Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
— William Wilberforce
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
— DL Moody
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
— Billy Graham
Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!
— Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer is not trying to twist God's arm to make Him do something. Prayer is receiving by faith what He has already done!
— Andrew Wommack