Approach Quote by Silouan the Athonite

Man in his effort to pray and receive guidance actually enhances his separation from who he really is and what he is reaching for.…

— Esther Hicks

Prayer offered without faith by a person that doesn't truly believe God exists will not be effective. Sin in our lives that we refuse…

— Anne Graham Lotz

Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who…

— Matthew Henry

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

— John of the Cross

Some people pray to their guides and feel let down by their guides when they go through a challenge in life.

— Echo Bodine

They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the…

— William Law

In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the…

— Frederick Buechner

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

He who would preach powerfully must pray effectively.

— Oswald J. Smith

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

— Max Lucado

Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine…

— Alphonsus Liguori

A man can preach no better than he prays.

— Charles Stanley