Prayer Quotes
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An hour of anxiety cannot change my circumstances, but a minute of prayer can alter everything.
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Many do not recognize the call of God simply because they have never taken the time to really talk with Him long enough to know what He is like.
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After almost a lifetime spent in prayer and contemplation she had believed that at least she had her thoughts well disciplined, but as one got older, one’s hard-won control slipped a little and one felt sometimes as though spiritually one were back again in one’s youth, with all the battles to fight again.
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I believe in God, who can respond to prayers, to whom we can give trust and without whom life on this earth would be without meaning (a tale told by an idiot). I believe that God has revealed Himself to us in many ways and through many men and women, and that for us here in the West the clearest revelation is through Jesus and those that have followed him.
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Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all true work.
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We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart. Prayer is what gives us a clean heart. The fruit of prayer is a deepening of faith and the fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
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It will never be altogether well with us till we convert the universe into a prayer room.
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Through the art of affirmative prayer the limitless resources of the Spirit are at my command. The power of the Infinite is at my disposal.
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Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
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There is no promise too hard for God to fulfill. No prayer is too big for Him to answer!
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The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.
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It's two things: it's totally impersonal and it's totally personal, simultaneously. That's the nature of the mystical experience of life. Everything about life is impersonal, but you have a personal experience. And the bridge between the personal and the impersonal is called prayer.
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Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray-feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
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I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
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Are you weak? Weary? Confused? Troubled? Pressured? How is your relationship with God? Is it held in its place of priority? I believe the greater the pressure, the greater your need for time alone with Him.
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Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying.
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I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.
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The enemy just hates our prayers.
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Our prayers must not be efforts to bend God to our will but to yield ourselves to His.
