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See, loving heart, how He delights in you. When you lean your head on His bosom, you not only receive, but you give Him joy; when you gaze with love upon His all-glorious face, you not only obtain comfort, but impart delight.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
When we westerners pray we join our hands, close our eyes, kneel, hunch up and put our hands over our faces to close up our bodies. Our God is inside us, his universe inside our heads. When Orthodox Christians pray they keep their eyes open. They hold their heads up and open up their senses to the universe. Their God is outside in a real world.
— John  Mole, It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina--and Real Greeks
He had been present in their minds not as a man but as an idea.
— Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
But she wouldn't pray, she took what comfort and credit she could for not praying; it wasn't that one disbelieved in prayer; one never lost all one's belief in magic. It was that she preferred to plan, it was fairer, it wasn't loading the dice.
— Graham Greene, England Made Me
Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is not our using of God
—  it more often puts us in the position where God can use us.
God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Ask God to give you a greater hunger for Himself and a deeper desire for His fellowship. Then be honest about whatever is keeping you from prayer, and ask God to help you deal with it.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . “Brothers, pray for us” [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn’t surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the “Art of Conversation” instead of the study of God’s Word and prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is our lifeline to God.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is not an option but a necessity.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world’s greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer shouldn’t be a burden but a privilege—God wants our fellowship.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is the companion of Bible study.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I listened to a discussion of religious leaders on how to communicate the Gospel. Not once did I hear them mention prayer. And yet I know of scores of churches that win many converts each year by prayer alone.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
John Bunyan says that he never forgot the divinity he taught, because it was burnt into him when he was on his knees. That is the way to learn the gospel. If you learn it upon your knees you will never unlearn it. That which “men” teach you, men can unteach you – if I am merely convinced by reason, a better reasoner may deceive me. If I merely hold my doctrinal opinions because they seem “to me” to be correct, I may be led to think differently another day. But if “God” has taught them to me – he who is himself pure truth – I have not learned amiss, but I have so learned that I shall never unlearn, nor shall I forget.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God’s Word, the Bible.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer should not be a structured and complicated conversation. It should be a simply and spontaneous conversation between heavenly Father and His sons and daughters.
— Euginia Herlihy
Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work—and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
That “the Spirit Himself intercedes” indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
It is not the posture of the body, but the attitude of the heart that counts when we pray . . . The important thing is not the position of the body but the condition of the soul.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Our prayers must be in accordance with [God’s] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The Book of Psalms is the Bible’s hymnbook. It will show you what it means to walk with God in prayer and praise.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The devil will tremble when you pray.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is the Christian’s greatest weapon.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Our prayers must be in accordance with the will of God for the simple reason that God knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Pray frequently as you read [the Bible] and you will discover a fellowship with God.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self— self-love, self-will, self-ambition—and be placed completely at His disposal.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
God Himself is the power that makes prayer work.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, “Lord, teach us to preach”; “Lord, teach us to do miracles”; or “Lord, teach us to be wise” . . . but they said, “Lord, teach us to pray.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
To the Son of God prayer was more important than the assembling of great throngs . . . He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed [Luke 5:15–16].
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The reason many . . . close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God . . . it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer and Bible study are inseparably linked. Effective prayer is born out of the prompting of God’s Spirit as we read His Word.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don’t let the fact that you don’t know someone keep you from praying for them.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
(People) either overestimate Satan's influence and power, living with an inflated, erroneous perspective of his abilities. Or they underestimate him. They don't assign him any credit at all for the difficulties he's stirring up beneath the surface of our lives... Satan is not God. And he is not God's counterpart or peer... Satan is nothing but a copycat trying desperately to convince you he's more powerful than he actually is... So even though he's given temporary clearance to strategize and antagonize, we don't need to pray from a position of fear or weakness against him... But we can't expect to experience this power unless we're serious about joining the battle in prayer.
— Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
[Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer . . . No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Sometimes I’m asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Persecution, whether it is physical, social, or mental, is one of the worst types of pain, but those who persecute us are to be the objects of our prayers.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is powerful, but if our prayers are aimless, meaningless, and mingled with doubt, they will be of little hope to us.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is more than a wish
—  it is the voice of faith directed to God.
Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
[Jesus] prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If all we're doing is flinging words and emotions in all directions without any real consideration for the specific ways the enemy is targeting us and the promises of God that apply to us, we're mostly just wasting our time.
— Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
As we practice implementing this incredible power tool He's placed in our hands, He divinely positions us - even a little life like ours - in His grand purpose for the ages. Through the connective tissue of prayer, He cracks open the door that makes us at least a small part of how these massive plans of His are translated into the lives of people we know. Including ours.
— Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
Have you ever said, “Well, all we can do now is pray”? . . . When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I realize more than ever that this ministry has been a team effort. Without the help of our prayer partners, our financial supporters, our staff, and our board of directors—this ministry and all of our dreams to spread the Good News of God’s love throughout the world would not have been possible.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
No matter where we are, God is as close as a prayer. He is our support and our strength. He will help us make our way up again from whatever depths we have fallen.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God’s Spirit prepares the way.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
When we know Him, we can be sure God hears our prayers.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
When troubles come may prayer be your automatic response.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We were created to live a life of prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Someone has said, “Prayer is the highest use to which speech can be put.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I firmly believe God continues to answer the prayers of His people even after He has taken them to heaven. Never forget that God isn’t bound by time the way we are. We see only the present moment
—  God sees everything. We see only part of what He is doing
Prayer is key to our effort to communicate the Gospel and win men and women to Christ.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Why, 'inspire?' As y'all can see I love things with the word, 'inspire!' Well, let me remind you that all inspiration comes from God, and my prayer, is that He will lead me, to inspire you to find the true inspiration that He will freely give to you!
— Mary Kate
The one who expects God to do as he asks Him must on his part do whatever God bids him.
— R.A. Torrey, How to Pray
The Lord weighs the motive of every heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
What if the thing that God wants us to receive most in our conversations with Him is not some alternate reality, but an assurance of a divine presence within, and a divine perspective on, our current reality – a presence and perspective that will ultimately change our response to our circumstances and lead us to be responsible within those circumstances? So prayer doesn’t just become some ‘spiritual exercise’ in order to exert our authority over the external world, it becomes a spiritually-physical relationship with a greater authority that brings transformation internally, leading to responsibility externally.
— Tristan Sherwin, Love: Expressed
May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
May the angels protect you from any harm.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The author holds up for inspection the fallacy of The Closed-Door Method wherein Christ's followers assume that if a decision is difficult to make it is not His will for us to make it because He would obviously not want us to do anything difficult.
— David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.
Every prayer is a wish fulfilled in due time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I don't believe there is such a thing as unanswered prayer. There is misguided prayers, selfish prayers, and doubting prayers, but true prayer doesn't go unanswered - it is merely abandoned prematurely due to lack of persistence and faithful endurance.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
Prayer is not supposed to be all we do - it's just supposed to undergird all we do. Prayer is not supposed to be just the first thing we do, but the first, second, fourth, seventh, and final thing we do in each circumstance.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
Prayer puts God in the position He deserves - that of King, Governor, Benign Controller, Possessor, Lord, and Master.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
Accustomed to motion, he was forced to be still.
— H.W. Brands
I wonder if God hears prayers if the only time you make them is when you’re in trouble.
— Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster
Prayer is not first and foremost talking to God, it's first and foremost listening to God.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn’t know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets . . . and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If there are any tears shed in heaven, they will be over the fact that we prayed so little.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to usthe treasures of God’s mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
You are God’s masterpiece; and as long as you answer to His purpose for you, with faith and in prayer, He can never fail you.
— Chinonye J. Chidolue
O Lord God! What plans do you have for me this year?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
As for the prayers, I suppose they can’t hurt. I’ve never found much good in them, I’ll confess that here, though I keep such thoughts private when in public company. Who would confide in a physician who claimed no affiliation with God? I still must feed myself, and keep my house. I still need my patients. But too many people believe with too much conviction in what amounts to, at best, a superstition.I’ve seen science change a patient’s diagnosis, but I’ve never heard a prayer that changed God’s mind about a damn thing..
— Cherie Priest, Maplecroft
Whenever your focus is on doing what you want and making yourself feel good, you can be confident that the Spirit of God is not the one leading the way.
— Leslie Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
Eight weeks of practice in meditation, even with those with no previous experience, was enough reconfigure the brains of participants. The gray matter which fuels worry shrank, and the area associated with healthy thought awareness group.
— Andrew Zolli, Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back
With a hope and a prayer, you can get there.
— Heather Wolf, Kipnuk the Talking Dog
Pray on bow knees,
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I do not pray for anything. I am not nearly strong enough to do that. I pray for strength, patience, understanding, the ability to love God, detachment from the physical world and other qualities. I will pray for the healing or benefit of other people. However I have noticed that some healing prayers have lines like 'Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.' So it seems to me we are not praying for healing, we are praying for the correct outcome.
— Heather Cardin
Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey.
— Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
I pray with my knees bow.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Stay rooted in the word of God and prayer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves.
— Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Overstimulated, we seek out constrained worlds.
— Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
O Lord, I commit my plans into thy mighty hands, guide me along straight path.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I have only one prayer and that is, “Please give me endless power to love.
— Debasish Mridha
I understood that I was being shown the future: shards of what would come to be. Often, I cried out for the pain of it. But other times, I was comforted, because I saw, for an instant, the pattern of the whole.
— Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord
I wouldn't serve a God who wouldn't speak to me.George Foreman
— Davis Miller, Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
Make me little in mind, soft in heart, trusting in soul.
— Eric Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
There is absolutely no excuse to stay where you are at right now. If you are weak, He can make you strong. If you are timid He can make you brave. If you are a pervert, He can make you pure. If you are selfish, He can make you selfless. if you are a shepherd, He can make you a king. If you are mediocre, He can make you a Mighty One of valor.
— Eric Ludy, Wrestling Prayer: A Passionate Communion with God
May the crushed spirit revived.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
A Christian when opts to beg emotionally to others, disappoints the Almighty God in atleast 3 ways:1. By Denying the Power of God to Provide for their lives (2 Timothy 3:5, Titus 1:16)2. By still being Immature to handle Life's crisis (1 Corinthians 13:11, James 1:2-4)3. By setting a poor example of Faith and Trust on God (Psalm 78:40-42, Psalms 34:8,9)The difference between Emotional pleading and asking a Fellow christian to Pray is that Former belittles our God who Provides (Jehovah Jireh) while the Latter Glorifies our God Who is Enough (El Shaddai).- Santosh Thankachan
— Santosh Thankachan
May your life be a fountain of love and kindness to fill the world with joy.
— Debasish Mridha M.D.
May the Lord grant you tender kind heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
May the Lord grant you a tender kind heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I'm listening to my son right now.
— Brent Eshleman
A blessing changes the atmosphere. If you say something kind like, ‘How about being my partner at the annual Spring Fling Dance Contest?’, it’s going to affect the situation. If you say something mean, like ‘Harry Moon, you are shorter than my two-year-old brother,’ it’s going to affect circumstance. It’s the simple rule of cause and effect. You bless. You are bringing positivity. You curse. You are making the atmosphere lethal. All humans have the choice to change the atmosphere by what words they say. Think about it.
— Mark Andrew Poe
I will hold my babies in my hand at sacred-time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May I remember the goodness of the Lord at all times.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Hope Thrives When Prayer Strives.
— Santosh Thankachan
I resolve to write a new chapter of my life every new day in the New Year.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
With much prayer, more grace abounds for every good work.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Prayer is meeting with God. It's checking in, saying I am here, You are here. It is the present moment.
— J.R. Rim
You can't pray a lie--I found that out.
— Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
And why had those prayers been focused heavenward? Well, it kind of made sense, didn't it? Even when there were no more options for the body, the heart's wishes find a way out, and as with all warmth, love rises. Besides, the will to fly was in the nature of the soul, so its home had to be up above.
— J.R. Ward, Lover Eternal
Kindness is the best prayer.
— Debasish Mridha M.D.
Don't be in a hurry. Everything arise in the due time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Lord, I intend to be aware today of the presence of your divine being in every other living being that I encounter.I intend to center my spirit in alignment with the spirit of Love before I commence my day.I intend to ground my being in your source, Universal Intentional Love Energy, recognizing my role as a cell in the body of the universe.I intend to be loving and compassionate with every person I encounter today, observing their activities in the context of their growth, and not judging their decisions as good or bad. I intend not to attempt to blame or shame other people, but rather to encourage and support.I intend to be creative today, emulating the divine creative essence in my life.I intend to be joyful today, aware of what good things I have, picking up the scent of wonder, and breathing in the good things with thanks and appreciation.I intend to reject any opinion of other people offered which negatively affects my ability to achieve the above goals.I am blessed and will be grateful for the presence of love in my life.I will grow today, learning more and applying love to the best of my ability.
— Phil 'Philosofree' Cheney
Since we’re made in God’s image, this must be from Him, so even God must need an “atta boy,” an out-loud, in-your-head “Thank you, great job on that sunset and that platypus was a brilliant fun idea.” Maybe that’s why we’re supposed to pray the way we do, because without it God would be lonely.
— Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction
Prayer is not about asking what you want, but what God wants.
— Shannon L. Alder
If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God.
— E. Stanley Jones
Gods not looking for the next great Preacher or worship leader he is looking for a BROKEN PERSON WHO WILL BE FOUND IN THE PLACE OF PRAYER!!!!!
— Joe Joe Dawson
Prayer define the sacred beauties of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I look to the Lord and the power of his greatness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You don't have to be in hurry in life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Every perfect gift comes from the great God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
God hears every quiet prayer on your heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May God’s grace awaken the heart of writing in my husband, Jeremiah Nii Mama Akita.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You don’t need to be anywhere
—  God can take you where you have to be.
The power of prayer is a prophecy.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
She became at once more intimate and more exalted.
— Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
Will You help me hear the song You're singing over all this noise?
— Steven Curtis Chapman
We gave ourselves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who "showeth His wonders in the deep".
— Francis Bacon
We should pray when we are in a praying mood, for it would be sinful to neglect so fair an opportunity. We should pray when we are not in a proper mood, for it would be dangerous to remain in so unhealthy a condition.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Nothing never happens when we pray
— Benjamin Johncock, The Last Pilot
O Lord, renew my mind,
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
If you need more power, you must pray more.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Meditation puts the telescope to the eye, and enables us to see Jesus after a better sort than we could have seen Him if we had lived in the days of His flesh.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
May the Lord protect and keep you safe.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
If we cannot prevail with men for God, we will at least endeavor to prevail with God for men.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
I carry my burdens to the Lord. He lightens my shoulders.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The suppliant, whose fears prevent his words, will be well understood by the Most High.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
Caring is going to the ends of the world for a stranger.
— Bernard   Levine, THE BEST OF BERNARD LEVINE
We are gradually losing the art of silence. Of walking down the street lost in our own thoughts. Of closing the door to our rooms and being quiet. Of sitting on a park bench and just thinking. We may fear silence because we fear what we might hear from the deepest parts of ourselves. We may be afraid to hear that "still small" voice. What might it say? Might it ask us to change?
— James     Martin
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, Are You Sure You Want to Love God?
The commencement of all labor consisted in the preparation of his own soul.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
To bring people closer to God, competency and clarity are important, but they are not enough. Of themselves they do not touch hearts deeply. Personal sanctity and goodness do. It is the saints who light fires. There is a direct correlation between the beauty of holiness and the fruitfulness of our work and interpersonal relationships.
— Fr Thomas Dubay, Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer
Most of us think too much of speech, which is but the shell of thought.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
Our silence might be better than our voices if our solitude was spent with God.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
May God provide food, clothing and shelter for all humankind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
In times of trouble, may the Lord keep you safe.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Prayer is power.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
When I can’t find my way, I pray to God to show me the way. And then, He creates the right pathways.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The Lord has heard your cries. He will help you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
God can cure any illness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
— Alan Cohen
O Lord saves us from overworking! Grant us grace to rest awhile.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
O Lord grant us the grace for sacred rest
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The Lord is my rock and my redeemer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May Lord revive and restore you to good health.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May the Lord revive and restore you to good health.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Heavenly Father, may your will be done in my life, in Jesus Name. Amen
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
so many people believe but few people receive
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Almighty God, I hope in you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Grace is God-divine favour.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May God direct every step of my journey.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Abbie would stop in her work and utter a prayer for him,—and, sent as it were from the bow of a mother's watchful care, bound by the cord of a mother's love, the little winged arrow on its flight must have reached Some one,—Somewhere.
— Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand
I pray for my mother. That if she can't ever recover what she's lost or what she's losing, that she not feel like she's lost. I pray that we make her feel necessary and valued as long as possible. That she comes to know comfort, even if I can't provide it myself.
— Terry McMillan, The Interruption of Everything
may I be I is the only prayer
— E.E. Cummings
Jesus Christ has set me free from the chains of sin.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
God’s presence is the gift of prayer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
After Sara's accident, so many well-intentioned people had offered her words of hope - that God would heal her, that she would see again - as if that was a given. It was the same hope people had offered Marilyn all those years ago. Story upon story of women who had struggled through infertility and ended up with a child on the other side.'God is good. It'll happen,' they had told her.As if God's goodness depended upon whether or not He answered prayers the way people wanted Him to answer. The hard truth was the sometimes He didn't. He hadn't rescued Marilyn from her infertility, and He hadn't rescued Sara from her blindness. But that didn't negate His goodness. It just meant that He had different plans.
— Katie Ganshert, A Broken Kind of Beautiful
I pray for my sister. That she be allowed to discover grace and find peace without drugs. That her hair grows. That some of her pain be driven from her and given to me because I think I can handle it. I pray for her kids. That they find they have a chance to grow up knowing they were loved.
— Terry McMillan, The Interruption of Everything
Whatever you have been praying and yearning for, you will soon be proof of it!
— TemitOpe Ibrahim
Do not worry! The Almighty God knows all your need.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
God hears and answers every prayer in His sacred time.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Every shed tears is a prayer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.
— John Piper, When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy
Prayer is not meant to be a burden or used as a badge of holiness. Instead, it is a gift of God that when used properly should yield great victory in our lives.
— Paul Silway
The miracle of the moment!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
The Christian life doesn't work because we are such great followers. It works because Christ is such a great Leader.
— David McGee
God turned the adversity into a blessing. What a divine intervention?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Prayer is the breath of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
My chains are broken in Jesus Name. Amen.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
God will fulfil His promise. Wait patiently for God to act.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Father Gregory laid a hand on his shoulder. "Sometimes life knocks us to our knees." His hand tightened briefly. "But that's a damn good position to pray from.
— Laura  Oliva, Season Of The Witch
Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed.
— Criss Jami, Healology
If you are not praying the type of prayers that scare you, your prayers are certainly not frightening our enemy.
— Lisa Bevere, Girls with Swords: Why Women Need to Fight Spiritual Battles
God should always be our first thought, not our last resort.
— Kate McGahan, JACK McAFGHAN: Reflections on Life with my Master
We pray because of that, to have less discomfort in life. This prayer is left unanswered for some reasons. The reason is not far-fetched – God is not interested in your comfort. He is more interested in your purpose.
— Sunday Adelaja
We thank Thee, Lord, for happy hearts, for rain and sunny weather. We thank Thee, Lord for this our food, and that we are together. Amen.
— Laura Frantz, The Mistress of Tall Acre
The safest course for an Infinite Way student to follow is to admit freely that he does not know how to pray, how to go out or come in, or what to pray for, and then open himself in receptivity to that still small Voice which is within, closer than breathing, and let It pray through him, let It utter Its voice, let It have Its way. If you are praying for someone else, let It inform you, let It inform your patient or your student.Do not try to be Omniscience yourself in your praying, because you can be Omniscience only when you are completely absent from the personal sense of self, when you are absent from any knowledge, when you have attained that place of unknowing in which you definitely know that you do not know, and do not even want to know, but are willing and open to receive spiritual wisdom, spiritual guidance, spiritual strength.When you are praying or meditating for someone else, do not try to transfer thoughts to him, do not try to know what is right for him or best for him, but sit in a state of complete receptivity, and then let the Father function as your consciousness. You may not receive any message for your patient or student, but you do not need any. He will receive it, and he will receive it not from you, but from the Source of you. Your consciousness acts only as the instrument of contact, and you yourself may never know what the message is, or even whether any message has been received
— Joel S. Goldsmith
We gave ourselves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who "showeth His wonders in the deep"; beseeching Him of His mercy, that as in the beginning He discovered the face of the deep, and brought forth dry land, so He would now discover land to us, that we might not perish.
— Francis Bacon, The New Atlantis
To pray is to say that there is more than I can see, and more than I can do. There is more going on than meets the eye.
— Shauna Niequist
The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.
— Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction
She wanted to confess and be forgiven. She wanted her soul to be clean, but it was impossible. To be forgiven, she would have to repent. Repent, as in resolve not to sin again. Fred prayed every day that God would give her strength to want to repent, but she never felt like she’d received that strength.
— Erin O'Riordan, Cut
We see answers to prayer all around us.our home, family, children, healing, life, love,are all answers to prayer.
— Pazaria Smith
God wants to hear about our cares, not because he needs to hear but because we need to tell him.
— Pam Farrel, Woman of Influence: Ten Traits of Those Who Want to Make a Difference
Prayer makes no sense apart from waiting.
— Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control
My son, I don’t believe in God, prayer, afterlife or miracles. You may disagree with me on all of these. I’d prefer that you agree and reserve rebellion and independence over important issues instead.
— Brian Spellman, If the mind fits, shrink it
We've assembled a group of people, your team, people who love you and pray for you. Take a look around the circle. These people represent thousands of words spent in prayer before the throne of God, begging for your safe return to the fold, begging for your peace, your faith, your heart.
— Nicole O'Dell, The Shadowed Onyx
If I can aid one in distress,If I can make a burden less,If I can spread more happiness,Lord, show me how.
— Grenville Kleiser
My brothers and sisters prayers and faith in God does not negate professionalism and dignity of labour.
— Sunday Adelaja
God has given you the opportunity to make a difference. Plan purposefully, Prepare Prayerfully, Proceed Positively & Pursue Persistently!
— Pazaria Smith
Even if atheists were right--that prayer is wishful thinking--they are right only in relation to God, not in relation to wishing. The importance of prayer is that it is an expression of our spiritual nature, and when we wish for love, peace,for our own good and the good of others we define ourselves as more than flesh and blood. We define ourselves as hoping, loving, and imagining beings who crave to know the source of our being.
— R. Joseph Hoffmann
Abba, Father, I adore You, I exalt You, I glorify You, I bow down before You. I worship You O God! I can't live without You. Jesus, Daddy, I ❤ You with all my heart.
— Pazaria Smith
You only have to do one good thing to be in somebody’s lifetime of prayers.
— Sanober  Khan
Prayer gives you a supernatural boldness that you cannot get by any other means
— Sunday Adelaja
She says the problem with most Christians is that they show up once a week to pray that God's will be done- and when it is, they complain.
— Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle
The most meaningful prayer is kindness.
— Debasish Mridha
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, Pray Like a Gourmet: Creative Ways to Feed Your Soul
When we create an environment where our spirit is in sync with the Divine Spirit, then we should be on the lookout for good, positive, helpful thoughts and ideas from a source beyond ourselves. p23.
— David Brazzeal, Pray Like a Gourmet: Creative Ways to Feed Your Soul
We should all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were more alone. Meditation chews the cud and extracts the real nutriment from the mental food gathered elsewhere.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.
— Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
Although we're made right with God by faith, and not by works, the effectiveness of our prayers is often tied to the holiness of our lives.
— Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
Prayer is a conversation between two people who love each other -you and the Lord-and you don't have to use fancy or religious words to dialogue with him.
— Cheri Fuller
Change your thought life to a prayer life.
— Carla Mcdougal
Learn how to pray with all your heart, applying all your energy to concentrate on one specific goal
— Sunday Adelaja
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by Prayer and Fasting." -Mark 9:29 It seems like many times we miss the whole essence of Fasting and Prayer, perhaps because we have started becoming comfortable with "This Kind".
— Santosh Thankachan
It is not enough to hope for something to happen and throw it into the universe. You, too, must also work to make it happen.
— M.B. Dallocchio
The Path of Love, the path of Bhakti Yoga, is the path of Jesus Christ.Love is not a technique.Love knows no technique, so the path of love has no method or technique. If you bring technique to the path of love, you will destroy love.The whole existence is love, and the birds need no technique to love, trees need no technique to love the mountains need no technique to love. Love only needs that you drop the ego, and drop into your heart. It is just like a rose flower opening. You need not open it, it has the capacity to open already. The capacity is intrinsic, and of it's own accord the rose flower will open - and in the same way the heart opens.The heart needs no technique, the heart needs no training.Jesus says: "God is love". If you can love, it will happen by itself.Jesus path is the way of love, of prayer. It is a deep love for the whole existence.
— Swami Dhyan Giten
Fear of dying must surely mean fear of how one dies. If one can be assured of a painless death, how can one fear it, unless one is a religious fanatic with a very guilty conscience?
— Dimitris Mita
Prayer is a conversation with the Father you trust.
— Sunday Adelaja
Spending time alone with God gives us victory over the flesh.
— Sunday Adelaja
If the mountain remains standing, it is useless to pray endlessly. God is waiting for you to do something yourself.
— Sunday Adelaja
The second direction of prayer lies in us addressing our own circumstances and changing them ourselves
— Sunday Adelaja
You have to bind the devil and command him to set these people free.
— Sunday Adelaja
The secret of the answered prayer is not in its artistry, nor shouts either…
— Sunday Adelaja
In order to know how to pray for people, we have first to determine: Whether, they are saved or not.
— Sunday Adelaja
There are two ways of opening the eyes of people. The first is by way of preaching the Word of God and the second is prayer
— Sunday Adelaja
We have to bring in captivity every high thing in people’s mind.
— Sunday Adelaja
Every stronghold the devil builds in the minds of people through thoughts should be pulled down in prayer
— Sunday Adelaja
Develop your prayer language
—  increase your prayer coverage.
The amount of words spoken does not determine the quality of the prayer
— Sunday Adelaja
The only way you can pray with absolute faith is to be confident that your prayers are in line with the revealed will of God, His Word.
— Sunday Adelaja
A Prayer does not need to become a ritual.
— Sunday Adelaja
Our prayer should address our Father with the complete understanding of God’s fatherhood
— Sunday Adelaja
The power of your prayer lies in your knowing that God is there right beside you.
— Sunday Adelaja
God is going to lift you up higher, day by day and from prayer to prayer.
— Sunday Adelaja
Intercession is prayer we pray not for ourselves, but for others — for country government, or any other person
— Sunday Adelaja