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Prayer Quotes by Charles Grandison Finney
- Effective prayer is prayer that attains what it seeks. It is prayer that moves God, effecting its end.
- Some men will spin out a long prayer telling God who and what he is, or they pray out a whole system of divinity. Some…
- Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.
- A revival may be expected when Christians have a spirit of prayer for a revival. That is, when they pray as if their hearts were…
- Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on…
- Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the…
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- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila