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Prayer Quotes by J C Ryle
- Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can…
- To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
- A man's state before God may always be measured by his prayers.
- No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
- We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.
- No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart.
- Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
- Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us…
- What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty,…
- If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.
- Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
- Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
- Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and after prayer for…
- The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates…
- Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if it…
- Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on.
- Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are…
- Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.
- What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.
- Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity.
- If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to…
- It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep…
- Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
- Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.
- I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest,…
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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