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Prayer Quotes by Timothy Keller
- The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
- A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our…
- Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself
- Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well.
- It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.
- A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially.…
- Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.
- The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is…
- There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
- It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us as nothing else…
- Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.
- The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
- Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God.
- Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.
- The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.
- Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.
- The primary means-of-reviva l that everyone agrees upon is extraordinary prayer.
- Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .
- Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good,…
- Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.
- Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend.
- Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality.
- Prayer turns theology into experience.
- Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.
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