--- title: "11 Prayer Think Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Prayer Think quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Prayer Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/art-hochberg-1133_experience_a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what_497511.jpg" --- > [“A prayer is not what you think - it's what you experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-hochberg/a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what-you-experience/) [Art Hochberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-hochberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/art-hochberg-1133_experience_a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what_497511.jpg) > [I'm a hopeless prayer. I think somewhere in there I spend a great deal of time at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-m-a-hopeless-prayer-i-think-somewhere-in-there-i-spend-a-great-deal/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/frederick-buechner-883_deals_i-m-a-hopeless-prayer-i-think-somewhere_3159518.png) > [Before I go and even get in an airplane to go on a flight, I say a prayer, and I always think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-glover/before-i-go-and-even-get-in-an-airplane-to-go-on-a-flight-i-say-a/) [Victor J. Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-glover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/victor-j-glover-14752_airplane_before-i-go-and-even-get-in-an-airplane_3093812.jpg) > [What a marvelous and wonderful thing is # prayer . Think of it. We can actually speak with our Father in # Heaven .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/what-a-marvelous-and-wonderful-thing-is-prayer-think-of-it-we-can/) [Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/gordon-b-hinckley-331_father_what-a-marvelous-and-wonderful-thing-is_643729.png) > [That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/that-acknowledgment-of-weakness-which-we-make-in-imploring-to-be/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_acknowledgment_that-acknowledgment-of-weakness-which-we_363509.jpg) > [Our every thought, image or affirmation is a prayer. Therefore, if everything you think, feel, say or do is a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-victor-hansen/our-every-thought-image-or-affirmation-is-a-prayer-therefore-if/) [Mark Victor Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-victor-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/mark-victor-hansen-2492_affirmation_our-every-thought-image-or-affirmation-i_1045748.jpg) > [There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-s-an-understanding-of-common-prayer-that-i-think-we-re-seeing/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/shane-claiborne-960_around-the-world_there-s-an-understanding-of-common-praye_1897304.jpg) > [We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-think-rightly-or-wrongly-about-prayer-according-to-the-conception-2/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/oswald-chambers-205_blood_we-think-rightly-or-wrongly-about-prayer_2345952.png) > [“Teresa of Avila says that the important thing in prayer is not to think much but to love much. The head is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-benner/teresa-of-avila-says-that-the-important-thing-in-prayer-is-not-to/) [David G. Benner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-benner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/david-g-benner-26996_prayer_teresa-of-avila-says-that-the-important_1670288.jpg) > [“We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-think-rightly-or-wrongly-about-prayer-according-to-the-conception/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/oswald-chambers-205_blood-flow_we-think-rightly-or-wrongly-about-prayer_1120733.jpg) > [“O Christian, thou hast need to pray this prayer. But I think I hear you saying, "Is thy servant a dog, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-h-spurgeon-2/o-christian-thou-hast-need-to-pray-this-prayer-but-i-think-i-hear-you/) [C.H Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-h-spurgeon-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/c-h-spurgeon-2-87544_next-day_o-christian-thou-hast-need-to-pray-this_2667443.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer-think/#itemlist", "name": "Prayer Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A prayer is not what you think - it's what you experience.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Art Hochberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-hochberg/a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what-you-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/art-hochberg-1133_experience_a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what_497511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/art-hochberg-1133_experience_a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what_497511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/art-hochberg-1133_experience_a-prayer-is-not-what-you-think-it-s-what_497511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A prayer is not what you think - it's what you experience.” — Art Hochberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a hopeless prayer. 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If we…” — Oswald Chambers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“O Christian, thou hast need to pray this prayer. But I think I hear you saying, \"Is thy servant a dog, that I should do this thing?\" So said Hazael, when the prophet told him that he would slay his master; but he went home and took a wet cloth and spread it over his master's face and choked him, and did the next day the sin which he abhorred before. Think it not enough to abhor sin, you may yet fall into it. Say not, \"I never can be drunken, for I have such an abhorrence of drunkenness;\" thou mayest fall where thou art most secure. Say not, \"I can never blaspheme God, for I have never done so in my life;\" take care; you may yet swear most profanely. Job might have said, \"I will never curse the day of my birth;\" but he lived to do it. 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