Quotes on Praying

Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself.

For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

Whenever GOD determines to do a great work, HE first sets HIS people to pray.

Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.

Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.

Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciousl y set aside time to do nothing but pray.

Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

We pray that Aung San Suu Kyi and her country are now on a path to freedom

If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.

Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.

To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that moment your pain will stop.

I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own

If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.

I pray that God would open the mouth in me and the heart in you and that he would be the teacher in the midst of us who may in us speak and hear.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.

Praying and living deeply, richly and fully have become for me almost indistinguishab le. Prayer is being present, sharing love, opening life to transcendence. It is not necessarily words addressed heavenward. Prayer is entering into the pain or joy of another person. Prayer is what I am doing when I love wastefully, passionately and wondrously and invite others to do so.

We’re all imperfect and we all have needs. The weak usually do not ask for help, so they stay weak. If we recognize that we are imperfect, we will ask for help and we will pray for the guidance necessary to bring positive results to whatever we are doing.