Quotes about Prayer
Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself
- Timothy Keller
Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God.
- Timothy Keller
Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.
- Timothy Keller
A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.
- Timothy Keller
To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.
- Timothy Keller
If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.
- Timothy Keller
I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.
- Lou Holtz
No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.
- Mahatma Gandhi
My religion says that only he who is prepared to suffer can pray to God.
- Mahatma Gandhi
My fast is a matter between God and myself.
- Mahatma Gandhi
A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Once we truly understand that God's will is that we be happy, we no longer feel the need to ask for anything other than that God's will be done.
- Marianne Williamson