Contrary Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Our hearts are enfeebled by PROSPERITY so that we cannot make an effort to pray.

— John Calvin

For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

— John Calvin

If we don't pray according to the needs of the heart, we repress our deepest longings. Our prayers may not be rational, and we…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer.

— Oswald Chambers

Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love…

— Mother Teresa

There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their…

— Oswald Chambers

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers…

— J. C. Ryle

We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up…

— Elizabeth Ann Seton

“Because we can do life without God, praying seems nice but unnecessary. Money can do what prayer does, and it is quicker and less…

— Paul E. Miller