Prayer Quotes

'Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks commensurate with your strength. Pray for strength commensurate with your tasks.'
Phillips Brooks

'When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy.'
Corrie Ten Boom

'Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan'
John Bunyan

'In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.'
John Bunyan

'When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words than thy words be without heart.'
John Bunyan

'The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless works and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.'
Samuel Chadwick

'We give ourselves to prayer. We preach a gospel that saves to the uttermost, and witness to its power. We do not argue about worldliness; we witness. We do not discuss philosophy; we preach the gospel. We do not speculate about the destiny of sinners; we pluck them as brands from the burning. We ask no man's patronage. We beg no man's money. We fear no man's frown... Let no man join us who is afraid, and we want none but those who are saved, sanctified and aflame with the fire of the Holy Ghost.'
Samuel Chadwick - 1860-1932
British preacher and missionary

'Prayer does not fit us for the greater work, prayer is the greater work.'
Oswald Chambers

'God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.'
Oswald Chambers

'We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.'
Oswald Chambers

'When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.'
Oswald Chambers

'When you pray … pray to your Father which sees in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly'
Jesus Christ

'When you pray do not use long repetitive prayers like unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard because of their many words. Don’t be like them, because your Father in heaven knows what you need even before you ask him'
Jesus Christ

'Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.'
Jesus Christ

'When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.'
John Climacus

'More than twenty times the Gospels call attention to Jesus' practice of prayer. It is given special mention during events of momentous decision in His live-His baptism (Luke 3:21); the selection of the twelve apostles (Luke 6:12); on the Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:29); the Last Supper (Matthew 26:27); in Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46); and on the cross (Luke 23:46).'
Robert E. Coleman

Prayer was the ignition to every revival fire in history. Prayer was the key to the doorway of ministry for every preacher used by God in the past. For the soldier of Christ, true prayer should be a way of life, not just a call for help in the heat of battle.
A man was once cutting a tree stump with an obviously blunt axe. He was only brusing the bark as sweat poured from his beaded brow. Someone suggested that he stop for a moment and sharpen the axe, to which he replied "I'm too busy chopping the tree to stop for anything." If he would only stop for a moment and sharpen the axe, he would slice through the tree with far greater ease.
Stop at the beginning of each day, and "sharpen the axe" through prayer. Seek first the kingdom of God and you will slice through that day with far greater ease.
Ray Comfort

'Prayer doesn't get man's will done in heaven; it gets God's will done on earth.'
Ronald Dunn

'Do you ever get that wistful feeling that there are other things more effective, even more desirable, than prayer? This explains why far too many of us are busy in attempting great things for God, rather than expecting great things from God in a humble attitude of prayer. '
Robert Foster

'God prompts His people to pray and then acts in responce to their prayers. Things happen or don't happen because of prayer. This does not mean God can be manipulated through prayer to do what we want if what we cant is contrary to His will. Instead, God reveals His will to us by His Word and works in us by His Spirit so that we know His will and pray in accord with it. Then, in responding to our prayers, He accomplishes both His will and ours, and, in the process, involves us.'
Alvin J. Vander Griend, Your Prayers Matter 

'Prayer can move mountains. It can change human hearts, families, neighborhoods, cites and nations. It's the ultimate source of power because it is, in reality, the power of the almighty God.
'Prayer can do what political action cannot, what education cannot, what military might cannot, and what planning committees cannot.
'By prayer the kingdom of God is built, and by prayer the kingdom of Satan is destroyed. Where there is no prayer, there are no great works, and there is no building of the kingdom. Where there is much prayer and fervent prayer, there are great gains for the kingdom: God's rule is established, His power is directed, His will is done, society is transformed, lost persons are saved, and saints are enabled to 'stand agains the devil's schemes' (Ephesians 6:11). If that isn't enough to compel us to 'devote [ourselves] to prayer' and 'always [wrestle] in prayer' (Colossians 4:2,12), I don't know what is!'
Alvin J. Vander Griend, 'Your Prayers Matter', Discipleship Journal

'God gave us intercessory prayer so we could partner with Him in transforming society, saving the lost and establishing his Kingdom. To be sure, God is perfectly capable of doing these things without us. He is all-wise, full of love, and almighty. In His wisdom He always knows best. ... Our intercessory prayers are important to God ther should be also important to us.'
Alvin J. Vander Griend, 'Your Prayers Matter', Discipleship Journal

'Prayerlessness is an insult to God. Every prayerless day is a statement by a helpless individual. "I do not need God today." Failing to pray reflects idolatry-a trust in substitutes for God. We rely on our money instead of God's provision. We rest on our own flawed thinking rather than on God's perfect wisdom. We take charge of our lives rather than trusting God. Prayerlessness short-circuits the working of God. Neglecting prayer, therefore, is not a weakness; it is a sinful choice.'
Ben Jennings, The Arena of Prayer

'Prayer is the deliberate and steadfast act of the soul. It is true, full of grace and lasting, for it is united with and fixed into the will of our Lord by the inner working of the Holy Spirit.'
Julian of Norwich

'There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.'
Brother Lawrence

'Let's move from theology to kneeology! Power for victory in spiritual warfare is found in prayer.'
Robert R. Lawrence

'To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.'
Martin Luther

'Prayers are not limited to place and time. If you are not in the right place to pray, you're not in the right place.'
Chuck Missler

'He who kneels the most, stands the best'
D. R. Moody

'The missionary church is a praying church. The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelism hinges on prayer. Are thousands of missionaries and tens of thousands of native workers needed? "Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth labourers into His harvest."
John Raleigh Mott - Nobel Peace Prize co-winner of 1946.

'Prayer is not so much an act as it is an attitude-an attitude of dependency, dependency upon God.'
Arthur W. Pink

'It is true that [many] are praying for worldwide revival. But it would be more timely, and more scriptural, for prayer to be made to the Lord of the harvest, that He would raise up and thrust forth labourers who would fearlessly and faithfully preach those truths which are calculated to bring about a revival.'
A. W. Pink

'Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as all-sufficient.'
John Piper

'Before we can pray "Thy Kingdom come", we must be willing to pray "my kingdom go".
Alan Redpath

'When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't pray, they don't.'
William Temple

"The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty works of Divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, 'Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know '[Jeremiah 33:3]."
Hudson Taylor

'Real praying is a costly exercise but it pays far more than it costs. It is not easy work but it is most profitable of all work. We can accomplish more by time and strength put into prayer than we can by putting the same amount of time and strength into anything else. '
R. A. Torry, The Power of Prayer

'The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained the victory on their knees long before the battle came... Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory.'
R. A. Torrey

'When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't pray, they don't.'
William Temple

'I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.'
John Wesley

'The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness'
John Wesley