Quotes about Prayer
God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.
- John Calvin
God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.
- John Wesley
Each one prays to God according to his own light.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is a loving God, He will hear; because He is our covenant God, He has bound Himself to hear.
- Charles Spurgeon
If you do all the talking when you pray, how will you ever hear God's answers?
- AW Tozer
As Christians, we say what God has said over and over until the thing promised in His Word and desired in our hearts is fully manifested in our lives.
- TB Joshua
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
- Teresa of Avila
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
- Jonathan Edwards
And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.
- Jim Bakker
A tear is enough water to float a desire to God.
- Charles Spurgeon
If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
- Timothy Keller