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Prayer Quotes by S. D Gordon
- If there are two persons praying, there are three. If three meet to pray, there are four praying. There is always one more than you…
- The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer, nor those who say…
- If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love,…
- The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The…
- You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.
- Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.
- Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.
- Prayer is partnership with God in His planet-sized purposes, and includes the "all things" beside, as an important detail of the whole.
- Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces.
- Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.
- The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.
- Let there be no limit to what we take to God in prayer, so that there may be no limit to God's reign and rule…
- One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer.
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