Prayer Quote by Patrick Davis

“The attention at the beginning of these petitions is on the exaltation of God and His concerns. In the initial phrases of the Lord's…

— R.C. Sproul

The Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer what Christ…

— Simone Weil

“Prayer is a petition.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“But we Christians may ask our Father for all that we need. Only, let our desires be restrained, and our prayers unselfish. The personal…

— David M. McIntyre

“To pray is to make petition.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor,…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Keep on the watch and pray”

— Jehovah

“True prayer, not just mindless, halfhearted petitions, is what digs the well God wants to fill with faith.”

— Beth Moore

“We are all of us denying or fulfilling prayers – and men in their careless deeds walk amidst invisible outstretched arms and pleadings made…

— George Eliot

“My prayer is to seek, find and serve God.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

“Through the medium of prayer we go to our enemy, stand by his side, and plead for him to God.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I believe our prayers do more than just petition the Father. I’ve become convinced that in some situations they actually release cumulative amounts of…

— Dutch Sheets