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title: "18 Ought Pray Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Ought Pray quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Ought Pray sayings and thoughts."
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> [“We ought to pray persistently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/we-ought-to-pray-persistently/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [“Parents ought to pray for their children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [Men ought not to faint because men ought to pray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-campbell-morgan/men-ought-not-to-faint-because-men-ought-to-pray/)

[G. Campbell Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-campbell-morgan/)

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> [We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/we-ought-as-much-to-pray-for-a-blessing-upon-our-daily-rod-as-upon/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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> [Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray that He would empty us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/before-we-pray-that-god-would-fill-us-i-believe-we-ought-to-pray-that/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [“Lord God, Your Holy Spirit helps me in my weakness. I do not know what I ought to pray for, but the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/lord-god-your-holy-spirit-helps-me-in-my-weakness-i-do-not-know-what/)

[Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/)

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> [Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/before-we-pray-that-god-would-fill-us-i-believe-we-ought-to-pray-him/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-campbell-morgan/oh-how-strenuous-is-life-i-know-a-little-of-it-men-ought-always-to/)

[G. Campbell Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-campbell-morgan/)

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> [I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-noonan/i-ought-to-pray-as-much-as-god-s-on-my-mind-because-then-i-d-pray-a/)

[Peggy Noonan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-noonan/)

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> [I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/i-believe-many-a-man-is-praying-to-god-to-fill-him-when-he-is-full/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [“We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. —Romans 8:26 (NIV)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guideposts/we-do-not-know-what-we-ought-to-pray-for-but-the-spirit-himself/)

[Guideposts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guideposts/)

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> [The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-lippmann/the-opposition-is-indispensable-a-good-statesman-like-any-other-2/)

[Walter Lippmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-lippmann/)

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> [I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/i-ought-to-pray-before-seeing-any-one-often-when-i-sleep-long-or-meet/)

[Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/)

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> [“As a devout Baptist, she believed it was a sin to pray for anything for yourself. You ought to pray only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/as-a-devout-baptist-she-believed-it-was-a-sin-to-pray-for-anything/)

[Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/)

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> [“Merciful Father… I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-ibn-fadlan/merciful-father-i-have-squandered-my-days-with-plans-of-many-things/)

[Ahmed Ibn Fadlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-ibn-fadlan/)

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> [Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cymbala/prayer-cannot-truly-be-taught-by-principles-and-seminars-and/)

[Jim Cymbala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cymbala/)

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> [I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/i-learned-to-pray-out-of-desperation-for-most-of-us-this-is-how-the/)

[David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/)

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> [“I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and everything that is contrary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-l-moody/i-firmly-believe-that-the-moment-our-hearts-are-emptied-of/)

[D.L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-l-moody/)

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                        "text": "“Merciful Father… I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only, to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought and have not thought... All we ought to have said and have not said. All we ought to have done and have not done. I pray thee, God for forgiveness.”",
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