Praying Quotes

You can't pray a lie--I found that out.

~ Mark Twain

Prayer is not about asking what you want, but what God wants.

~ Shannon L. Alder

God’s work.My work.God can find someone else to do my work.But no one can do God’s work.So, my work is to PRAY that God will do His work through my work.

~ Tony Yang

Meditation is a spiritual human activity like mourning, fasting, or praying, and is not limited to one religious group while remaining unavailable to others. (103)

~ David Brazzeal

Is there something in your spirit that keeps telling you it should be different: more interesting, more engaging, more creative, more profound? Does your prayer life feel like you're eating the same food over and over every day - mixing the same ingredients but hoping for a new, more enticing dish?

~ David Brazzeal

Always pray in good and bad times, tough times shouldn't be your only reasons to remember God.

~ Hafiz

God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?

~ Criss Jami

Virtue of prayer, virtue of patience.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.

~ Aesop

Lord, I pray that my husband will be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God, so he can stand against the enemy every day. Enable him to take up the shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

~ Stormie Omartian

Prayer is meant to happen everywhere. After all, Daniel prayed in the lion’s den. Jonah prayed in a fish’s stomach. Elijah prayed in the desert. And Jesus prayed on the cross.

~ Jared Brock

Prayer isn’t about repeating rituals, it’s about spending time with Dad.

~ Jared Brock

Somewhere, somehow, at some unknown intersection between prayer and work, God indwells our humble offering—God indwells us—and turns human actions into spiritual awakenings.

~ Jared Brock

It’s easier to be close to God during prayer time when you’re close to God all the time.

~ Jared Brock

There comes a point where you need to lose your religion in order to restore your relationship.

~ Jared Brock

See every distraction as a clarion call back to prayer.

~ Jared Brock

Prayer is about steeping in the Spirit of a God so loving that He totally changes you.

~ Jared Brock

Prayer changes us because that’s what relationships do.

~ Jared Brock

Changed people change nations.

~ Jared Brock

Nowadays when we bow our heads before meals, we no longer say grace—we receive it.

~ Jared Brock

Pray without ceasing, say all you can to God and lay all your difficulties before him. He’ll take away your tears and make a way where there seems to be none. Wake up and do it!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The grace of prayer is an act of seeking to communicate with divine power.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Lord, I thank you for answering my prayers at the right time.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The gift of prayer is priceless gift.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Worrying never solve the issue.Pray your worries away.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Are we praying? If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

~ Allan Dare Pearce

God has always heard and answered the prayers of all who cry on Him and call His name.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

What we call the Lord's prayer is actually the Disciple's Prayer because It says Forgive us our trespasses and Our LORD Jesus had no sin. Selah

~ Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

Lucien had never prayed before, never imagined that there might be a deity listening who would be interested in what he had to say, so his supplication skills were a tad rusty.But now Lucien prayed.Please don’t take her from me just as I’ve found her. If you do, I’ll come for your ass.Any gods listening would do well to heed him. Lucien never made a promise that he couldn’t keep.

~ Aimee Roseland

Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent things, and opening of the heart. To ask for earthly benefits, to reel out a list of requirements and expect them to be supplied is not prayer. It is putting God in the same category as an intelligent grocer.

~ D.e. Stevenson

Prayer is a many fingeredand kaleidoscopic thing—it foldsand unfolds inside of you. It entersthe many rooms you cannot enter.

~ Cecilia Llompart

In most cases, verbal prayer alone does not change anything; when actions are branded with prayer, wonderful things happen. Actions alone do not make it as well; they lead to success when guided to labour by answered prayers. Pray and work!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You can do nothing without prayer and everything with it. Anything worth worrying about is something worth praying about.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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

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

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