Praying Quotes

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Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying. — Edward McKendree Bounds
We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we… — J I Packer
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer… — John Bunyan
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to… — Saint John Chrysostom
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him… — John Stott
You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray. — Matthew Henry
Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a… — Oswald Chambers
Our true character comes out in the way we pray. — Oswald Chambers
The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of… — Oswald Chambers
There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their prayers. — Oswald Chambers
When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above… — Reuben Archer Torrey
In these days there is no time to pray; but without time, and a lot of it, we shall never learn to pray. — Samuel Chadwick
The reason so many people do not pray is because of its cost. The cost is not so much in the sweat of agonizing supplication… — Samuel Chadwick
Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections. — William Gurnall
Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry,… — William Gurnall
Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer… — Ole Hallesby
Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which moves Jesus to… — Ole Hallesby
There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat… — Ole Hallesby
To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power… — Ole Hallesby
To pray is to let God into our lives. He knocks and seeks admittance, not only in the solemn hours of secret prayer. He knocks… — Ole Hallesby

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