Quotes on Praying

Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well.

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place to enter in is in your business, as you walk along the streets, in the ordinary ways of life, when no one dreams you are praying, and the reward comes openly, a revival here, a blessing there.

Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it.

When we pray "in the Name of Jesus" the answers are in accordance with His nature, and if we think our prayers are unanswered it is because we are not interpreting the answer along this line.

We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.

Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, shut the door, and talk to God in secret.

It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning.

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.

The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.

To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are removed, till the mists are exhaled and the clouds are lifted, and the sunshine of a cloudless day brightens-this is hard work, but it is God's work, and man's best labor.

The idea that everything would happen exactly as it does regardless of whether we pray or not is a specter that haunts the minds of many who sincerely profess belief in God. It makes prayer psychologically impossible, replacing it with dead ritual at best.

Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer.

Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.

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 devils shouts for joy.

If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science.

Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.