Pray Quotes

It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.

~ Elizabeth George

An ancient cornerstone of prayer is that our desire to thank God is itself God's gift. Be grateful.

~ Richard Leonard

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.

~ John Paul Ii

To be a great achiever, you must first discover your main purpose of existing through feasible communication mode with your maker, the source of your destiny. This brings you a conviction to work with.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Prayer is making space available for God to do beautiful things with your life.

~ Anthony J. Ciorra

Why bother praying? It does not matter if we have developed bad habits in limiting prayer to only asking for things, but prayer is much, much richer than that. By all means let's keep asking God to keep changing us, but let's also give praise and thanksgiving; crying out in lamentation; affirm our trust and faith; sing of our salvation; and simply wait upon the Lord. There is a way to pray for all seasons under the sun.

~ Richard Leonard

But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.

~ Jerry Bridges

…when you lonely is the best time to pray, to speak to the Lord, and most important, to listen to the Lord…

~ Andrew Galasetti

To live, pray. To learn, read. To love, give. To listen, pay attention. But to be wise, apply all that you have acquired

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The more you concentration on God, the longer your conversation with him lasts and the holier his consacration will be on you. Let your communication with him be controlled by your committment.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The best formula for a prayer that gives J.O.Y:J- 1st, Pray to JESUSO- 2nd, Pray for OTHERSY- 3rd, Pray for YOURSELFMost people distort the formula by praying selfish prayers for their own personal gains. JYO is not the spelling for joy. In JOY, O comes before Y. It means you pray for OTHERS before YOURSELF.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful.I'll pray, and then I'll sleep.

~ Marilynne Robinson

Pray FOR positive outcomes, never ON perceived dilemmas

~ T.f. Hodge

To neglect ones own ability to laugh is the greatest form of Blasphemy, for to laugh is to pray.

~ Ilyas Kassam

Holy communication, Holy life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Daily communication with God must be desired and pursued above all other things.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You should either be like the candle that produces light or you live like mirror which reflects it. Pray for love; Sow love, Show love and Share love!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Your love for me should be a passionate desire to pray for me daily.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Anyone seeking to draw closer to God needs to curb the horizontal and ascend to God vertically,’ he said. ‘And this means giving oneself fully to God – with all one’s heart, body, mind and soul. There mustn’t be any dark corners.’Skimming the surface wasn’t an option, he stressed. ‘People often tend to merely skate around the edges of religion, but what they really need is to plunge into its depths like deep-sea divers looking for treasures. Too many people nowadays make selective choices from various faiths – the New Age approach, but never embrace any one of them fully,’ said Nasr.It was true, so many people didn’t believe in organised religion but liked to take the best from every religion or spiritual teaching. ‘The most direct means of communication with God,’ he concluded, ‘are prayer and dhikr.

~ Kristiane Backer

Pray for your needs, not your greed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

~ Billy Graham

You’ve been tested.’ He advised me to try and ‘forgive and pardon, and this way seek to become beloved by God’ without my forgiveness being tied to the one who wronged me. ‘This is the Divine remedy,’ he emphasised, ‘remind your ego when it resists. Don’t you love for God to forgive you on the day, too?’ Reflecting on what the Shaykh said, his advice undid a knot in my heart and I resolved to work on my forgiveness purely for the sake of God. The Shaykh also recommended: ‘Be careful about what you pray for in the future.’ He promised to pray for me personally, asking God to send me a Muslim husband who would value and cherish me for who I am. Insha’ Allah!

~ Kristiane Backer

We must pray for our leaders, to rule in righteousness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Pray about everything you want.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May the Lord be your redeemer.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The measure of a man is determined by how he responds to the truth of God.

~ Dr. J. Otis Yoder

The measure of a man is not so much how tall he stands but how low he kneels.

~ Dr. J. Otis Yoder

Every man's measurement is determined by his responses when he is on his knees before God.

~ Dr. J. Otis Yoder

Thanks be to God that, even though at times we may “forget” Him, He never forgets us.

~ Jim George

The only God who can lead you out of trouble when you are pursuing your dreams is the one who gave you that assignment. Neglecting him from your plans is tantamount to commitment of suicide.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you can't PRAY for the peace your church, PROMOTE the Christian doctrines, PREPARE for every good work and PROVIDE for the expansion of the Church, you are just like the PEWS (table and chairs) in the chapel.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Dear God, let me find calm in every situation. Let me look at others with pity instead of anger. Let me pray they make it through life’s fog they’ve created for themselves and find you. In Jesus’s name, amen.

~ Ron Baratono

If you had the option to pray for me or fight with me, you better choose the fight.

~ Darnell Lamont Walker

Life is full of chances, and today I hope you take each and every one of them.

~ Chris Burkmenn

Psalm 91My Refuge and My Fortress91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

~ Lanina King

Don’t pray for help, pray for the ability to help others.

~ Debasish Mridha

I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my bodyand life and money and energy with. I can select what I eat and read and study. I can choose how I’m going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life—whether I will see them as curses or opportunities (and on the occasions when I can’t rise to the most optimistic viewpoint, because I’m feeling too damn sorry for myself, I can choose to keep trying to change my outlook). I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. Andmost of all, I can choose my thoughts.you need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you’re gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.Drop everything else but that. Because if you can’t learn to master your thinking, you’re indeep trouble forever

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

When face with any problem, do not panic, but pray.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If you bow your knees more often in prayer, you will feel the presence of God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I pray for grace, strength and wisdom to faithfully fulfill my calling in due time.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita