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Prayer Quotes by Oswald Chambers
- We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
- Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every…
- Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
- Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God,…
- Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to…
- Prayer is an effort of will.
- When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in…
- The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.
- Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door…
- It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life…
- If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is…
- Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no…
- There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
- We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking…
- If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows…
- Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into question at all,…
- Watch your motive before God; have no other motive in prayer than to know Him.
- God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
- Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much easier to ask…
- Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold…
- Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He…
- If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that…
- You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big…
- When we pray "in the Name of Jesus" the answers are in accordance with His nature, and if we think our prayers are unanswered it…
- God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition…
More Prayer Quotes
- 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