Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.

Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.

How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.

More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.

Prayer is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him...who loves us, who is near to us.

Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.

The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is, O ye gods, give me whatever is fitting unto me!

Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support.

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Surely we may with reverence say that, in a true and deep sense, God Himself is the answer to prayer.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

Prayer is especially crucial when you come to a place in your study where you are stuck and confused.

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.

Not only do our prayers please God, the Holy Spirit uses them to accomplish heaven’s purpose on earth.

Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting its end.

Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too?

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer.

I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.

The power of prayer and faith in God is something that has guided so many of us in good times and bad.

I am one who believes that with God nothing is hopeless - that all things are possible through prayer.

Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.

All we do our prayers our work our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation.

There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.

If yon bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight.

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.

Keep on praying for faith, it is through prayer that you develop all your wonderful qualities of soul.

The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.

The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.

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