P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Prayer is subversive activity. It involves a more or less open act of defiance against any claim by the current regime. . . .”
“Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life.”
“Prayer is such a great effort to most of us because we do not pray right.”
Source: Prayer
“Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to be. When we come to God, we certainly want to come as honestly and openly as we can; we want to be our truest selves before him. Prayer lets us be in a place of need.”
Source: Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
“Prayer is such an ordinary, everyday, mundane thing. Certainly, people who pray are no more saints than the rest of us. Rather, they are people who want to share a life with God, to love and be loved, to speak and to listen, to work and to be at rest in the presence of God.”
“Prayer is surrender--surr ender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God.”
“Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.”
Source: Help, Thanks, Wow
“Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.”
“Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.”
Source: The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense
“Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.”
“Prayer is the ability to bow before the Source of Life and tell Him about your life so that you can hear what He has in mind.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the ability to bow before the Source of life and tell Him about your life so you can hear what He has in mind.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the ability to communicate directly with God. It is when you tell Him what you need and listen to what He needs from you.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the ability to converse privately with the God who carries the power to answer you publicly.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the ability to maintain a good connection between you and your God by keeping an open conversation going.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the acid test of devotion.”
“Prayer is the acid test of the inner man's strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.”
Source: The Spiritual Man
“Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny.”
“Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.”
Source: Prayer Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on Our Relationship with God
“Prayer is the answer to every problem there is.”
Source: So Send I You / Workmen Of God: Recognizing and Answering God's Call to Service
“Prayer is the arena where our faith meets God's abilities.”
Source: Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
“Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places, till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.”
“Prayer is the atmosphere of revelation, in the strict and central sense of that word. It is the climate in which God's manifestation bursts open into inspiration.”
Source: The Soul of Prayer
“Prayer is the autograph of the Holy Ghost upon the renewed heart.”
Source: Day by Day with C.H. Spurgeon
“Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have failed in what is truly important.”
“Prayer is the best response to hatred.”
“Prayer is the best shield you can go to the battlefield with. Some battles are sent to you by the enemy to finish you off, but through prayer, you will always be victorious.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the best strategy to fight the enemy. When you pray, you petition the Heavens to back you up with the tools for victory.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.”
“Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God.”
“Prayer is the breath of life.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it”
Source: No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition
“Prayer is the breath of the new creature.”
Source: The Practical Works of Richard Baxter; with a Preface, Giving Some Account of the Author, and of this Edition of His Practical Works; an Essay on His Genius, Works, and Times ...
“Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life.”
Source: Matthew Henry Study Bible - KJV edition
“Prayer is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian.”
Source: Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon
“Prayer is the bridge over which the Kingdom of God comes to the earth.”
“Prayer is the burden of revival; repentance is the breakthrough of revival; evangelism is the blessing of revival; holiness is the bounty of revival.”
“Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.”
Source: Commentary on Daniel
“Prayer is the chief thing that man may present unto God.”
“Prayer is the choice to invade the impossible, not live out our lives hampered by the probable.”
“Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth.”
Source: Prayer
“Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection, our gratitude for all His mercies, our penitence for our sins, our hope in His forgiving love, our submission to His authority, our confidence in His care, our desires for His favour, and for the providential and spiritual blessings needed for ourselves and others.”
Source: Soteriology, eschatology
“Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse.”
“Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God's will.”
“Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.”
“Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.”
“Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. Secret prayer is our secret weapon.”
Source: Praying Circles around Your Children
“Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.”
“Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublimest; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited only by the omnipotence of God.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God.”
Source: Christian Disciplines: Building Strong Character