Quotes about Prayer

Prayer is surrender to the reality that there is wisdom greater than ours. Prayer confronts us with the fact that we are not as smart as we tend to think we are. It reminds us that there is so much we don't know or understand. It tells us that life is not found in our limited understanding, but in surrendering our lives to the care of the One whose understanding spans from before origin to beyond destiny and includes everything in between.

Prayer is abandoning hope of independent capability and believing that in Christ you're given everything you need for life and godliness.

Prayer is much more than bringing to God your list of wants, desires, and needs. It is a radical act of worship that reminds you of who you are, who God is, and what life is all about. Prayer is surrender:

This death that I have just described is a process of daily scanning our lives to see where things still live in us that should not live, then praying for the strength to die once again. Like the death of Jesus, this death is not a defeat, but a huge and glorious victory. For everywhere you die, you will be resurrected to new life in that area. It is the continuing resurrection/transformation/liberation work of sanctifying grace. So this season, how about scanning your heart and life?

Prayer always forsakes the kingdom of self for the kingdom of God, and for that we all need forgiving, rescuing, and transforming grace.

Your leadership community is in trouble if your leaders are more excited about a strategic planning meeting than a prayer meeting.

Prayer is handing God a blank sheet that you have already signed and trusting him to fill it out as he sees fit.

Prayer finds its hope not in the qualifications of the one praying, but in the character and plan of the God who is hearing.

You no longer have to hope and pray that someday you will measure up, because Jesus has measured up on your behalf.

Prayer calls me to abandon the present as my only lens on life and commit to look at life from the perspective of reality.

The Bible welcomes us to bring our cares to God because he cares for us (1 Pet. 5:7).

Prayer is abandoning my righteousness, admitting my need for forgiveness, and resting in the grace of the cross of Jesus Christ.