Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right. Max Lucado
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness Martin Luther
Do
not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks
equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing
of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle."
Phillips
Brooks
Spiritual growth is the process of replacing lies with truth. Rick Warren Purpose driven life.
“In the very truest sense,
intercession is love on its
knees.”If you worry, you didn't pray.
If you pray,
don't worry.
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.
As a child of God, prayer is kind of like
calling home every day.
Dear God:
I have a problem. It's me.
It's all right to sit on your pity
pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
Never sacrifice the permanent
on the altar of the immediate. Tommy Nelson
God never lets you fall any further than your knees.
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me. JHudson Taylor
Don't let what you can't control,
destroy what you can enjoy.
Tommy Nelson's series on Ecclesiastes
Do not use prayer to submit a plan to God, to get His approval, if you cannot fully follow His will. Prayer cannot justify sin either privately or corporately. Ken Sawka
Until you know that life is war,
you cannot know what prayer is for. unknown
Without God, we cannot;
but without us, God will not. Augustine
You can do more than pray after you’ve prayed.
But you can’t do more than pray before you’ve prayed.
"Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life." -- Sadhu Sunda Singh
"You don ' t need to see the way if you follow the One who IS the Way!" -- Unknown
Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity.
Prayer does not fit us for the greater work, prayer is the greater work.
--Oswald Chambers
A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.
Prayer
is the most aggressive, pro-active, offensive, invasive action one can
take in any situation. Prayer reaches into the spiritual realm and
accesses all the power of heaven for the circumstances of earth.
(Live
A Praying Life by Jennifer Kennedy Dean)
"I
can take my telescope and look millions of miles into space
but I can lay my telescope aside, get down on my knees in earnest prayer and I see more of heaven and get closer to God that I can when assisted by all the telescopes and material agencies on earth." Isaac Newton
Prayer
is not the last resort. It should be our first resort.
"This
is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son."
Jesus
More Bible Verses on Prayer:
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
Hebrews 13:18
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers... Philemon 1:4
I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.2 Timothy 1:3
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you...
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
People want the Lord to work in their lives but very few people will work for the Lord in their lives.
I would rather train twenty men to pray, than a thousand to preach; - A minister's highest mission ought to be to teach his people to pray. H. MacGregor
God isn’t interested in your ability. He’s interested in your availability.
You can’t change the past; you can change your future.
Prayer never justifies wrong doing. It should never be used to rationalize subtle manipulations or any actions to bring us one micron away from God's will. Never say, "We prayed about it" to justify what you have decided. Ken Sawka
Never put a question mark where God puts a period. Kyle Petty
Give me a passionate passion for souls,
Give me a pity that yearns,
Give me the love that loves unto death,
Give me the fire that burns,
Give me, O Lord, to be fervent in prayer,
Pouring out all for the lost;
Give me to pray in the Conqueror's Name
Spirit of Pentecost
Amy Carmichael
Speak to God about men before speaking to men about God. unknown
Faith is the Holy Spirit’s power of God in us as we do His will.
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.”
William Cowper
To desire revival, for instance, and at the same time to neglect prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. Tozer
Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterwards. Begin the day with God. – James Hudson Taylor
Prayer is not getting man's will done in Heaven,
it is getting God's will done on earth.
--Robert Law
I
have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction
that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me,
seemed insufficient for the day.
Abraham Lincoln
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The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ". (2 Cor. 10:4-5)