I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I’m growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things – being tenacious about it.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I’m growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things – being tenacious about it.

Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.

What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.

Prayer and temptation, the Bible and meditation, make a true minister of the gospel.

The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.

Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.

Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.

Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.

Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.

Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.

Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

Oh, dear friend, if you love your children, I charge you, do not let the early impression of a habit of prayer slip by. If you train your children to do anything, train them, at least, to have a habit of prayer.

Prayer is the mightiest weapon that God has placed in our hands.

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord

The power of religion and godliness lives, thrives, or dies, as closet prayer lives, thrives, or dies. Godliness never rises to a higher pitch than when men keep closest to their closets, etc

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

Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls

I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.

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

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only

Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart

For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words

For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one’s eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair; it’s a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.

Frequently, only silence can express my prayer

For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy

Each night before you go to bed my baby, whisper a little prayer for me. And tell all the stars above, this is dedicated to the one I love.

Accustomed to motion, he was forced to be still.

To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without

What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our prayer?

Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone.

The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.

I witness that I’m out of alignment with my power. I choose to see peace instead of this.

Worry is a prayer to chaos.

In the secret of night, my prayer climbs like the liana, My prayer is, and I am not. It grows, and I perish. I have only my hard breath, my reason and my madness. I cling to the vine of my prayer. I tend it at the root of the stalk of night.

Writing is prayer.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

True contact between beings is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that mysterious and wordless exchange which resembles inward prayer.

A life consecrated to God is a life of constant prayer.

Train. Say your prayers. Eat your vitamins.

Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.

To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.

If the only prayer you say throughout your life is “Thank You,” then that will be enough.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.

If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.

The man who prays, the prayer, and the God to whom he prays all have reality only as manifestations of the Self.

We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives. If He has said much about prayer, it is because He knows we have much need of it.

Prayer will make you leave off sinning, or sinning will make you leave off praying.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.

I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things.

At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.

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.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

If you get down and quarrel every day, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn’t burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

Will God or someone give me the power to breathe my sigh into my canvases, the sigh of prayer and sadness, the prayer of salvation, of rebirth?

What counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But what kind? Will God or someone else give me the strength to breathe the breath of prayer and mourning into my paintings, the breath of prayer for redemption and resurrection?

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness.

Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares.

Prayer is a confession of one’s own unworthiness and weakness.

Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.

Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child’s conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs.

Before prayer changes others, it first changes us.

We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.

My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.

Prayer is the most important Heaven key on earth

Most people buy prayer books but they don’t pray.

Sometimes people go to prayer meetings because there is nothing to do

Sadly, the smallest meeting in a church is a prayer meeting.

No matter how big your church is; its true size is measured by the size of the prayer meetings.

Time in prayer is not time wasted. It is time invested.

I’ve had enough, this is my prayer. That I’ll die living just as free as my hair.