Prayer Quotes

4623 Prayer quotes by 1779 unique authors

The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice and labour are… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if… — Edward McKendree Bounds
I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Trouble and prayer are closely related. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Private place and plenty of time are the life of prayer. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Straight praying is never born of crooked conduct. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith. — Edward McKendree Bounds
We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy to God when the life… — Edward McKendree Bounds
If we would have God in the closet, God must have us out of the closet. There is no way of praying to God, but… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. — Edward McKendree Bounds
We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more. — Edward McKendree Bounds
It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man… — Edward McKendree Bounds
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to count… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God, for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of… — Edward McKendree Bounds

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