Asks Quote by John Shelby Spong

Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong…

— John Shelby Spong

Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong… Prayer requires…

— Philip Yancey

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

— John Shelby Spong

Prayer causes things to happen that wouldn't happen if you didn't pray.

— John Piper

Prayer is a law of the universe, like gravity. You don't even have to believe in God to ask.

— Sophy Burnham

There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire…

— Charles Spurgeon

People will give themselves to prayer for numerous reasons, but at the core of it all is a God, raging with zealous desire.

— Mike Bickle

There must be people who pray even for those who never pray.

— Victor Hugo

Prayer is a weapon, a mighty weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers are to be a continual, conscious, earnest effort of battle, the…

— Peter Forsyth

God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the…

— Yehuda Berg

Maybe some people need to believe in a proper and omnipotent God to pray, but I don't.

— John Green

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

— Saint Francis de Sales