Quotes about Prayer
Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.
— Mother Teresa
Jesus, to be sure, often spent long times alone in prayer. But he was also deeply at home where there was a party, a kingdom party, a celebration of the fact that God was at last taking charge.
— NT Wright
Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil.
— Pope Francis
Every thought of God is prayer.
— Rahel Varnhagen
God grants us not always what we ask so as to bestow something preferable.
— St. Augustine
Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it.
— Shane Claiborne
The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.
— John Calvin
Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.
— John Calvin
We need to attend diligently to the state of our soul, and to deal fervently and effectively with God about it.
— John Owen
God, harden me against myself!
— Amy Carmichael
You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings
— Charles Spurgeon
Jesus is our Advocate before God.
— Charles Stanley