Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to a….

Someone asked me whether I was aware of all the people out there who were praying for the President. And I had to say, "Yes, I am. I've felt it. I be….

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualifi….

The only way our faith will ever strengthen is for us to use it. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outc….

When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve..

Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart..

A gentle breeze catches in the branches then and I hear it, soft and low, a murmured prayer--Gem-ma, Gem-ma--and then the leaves bend down and trail ….

All our perils are nothing, so long as we have prayer..

God will hear His people at the beginning of their prayers if the condition of their heart is ready for it..

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right..

I will now teach my son Increase (and others of my children) the way of raising a lesson out of every verse in his reading of the Bible; and of turni….

Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable..

Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Sk….

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself..

Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which if i….

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God..

Last forever!' Who hasn't prayed that prayer? You were lucky to get it in the first place. The present is a freely given canvas. That it is constantl….

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered..

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to ….

Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him..

The sinner's prayer has sent more people to Hell than all the bars in America..