Quotes on Praying

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say "I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day."

Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.

It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.

...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can but pray he can do anything. He who knows how to overcome with God in prayer has Heaven and earth at his disposal.

I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.

We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

To pray well is the better half of study.

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

When you sing, you pray twice.

Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.

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.

The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.

I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of ministering from the first to a praying people. We had prayer meetings that moved our very souls, each one appeared determined to storm the Celestial City by the might of intercession.

Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.