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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON PRAYERS 6
When my soul fainted within me... my prayer came in unto thee.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: John 2:7
Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Hebrews 11:6
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Joshua 4:3
Ye have not, because ye ask not.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Joshua 4:2
I am used to praying when I am alone, thank God. But when I come together with other people, when I need more than ever to pray, I still cannot get used to it.
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910, Russian novelist, philosopher)
If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiahs point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple.
Peter Townsend (British singer, songwriter)
Prayer at its best is the expression of the total life, for all things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives.
A. W. Tozer (1897-1963, American preacher)
Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees.... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one.
A. W. Tozer (1897-1963, American preacher)
God never denied that soul anything that went as far as heaven to ask it.
John Trapp
Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
Martin Tupper (1810-1889, British author, poet, inventor)
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie -- I found that out.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
You can't pray a lie.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is, 0 ye gods, give me whatever is fitting unto me!
Appollonius of Tyana
A person must recognize his need for God before he can request divine aid and give God due thanks.
Author Unknown
A problem not worth praying about is not worth worrying about.
Author Unknown
Always look for ways to act upon the faith you display in your prayers.
Author Unknown
Amazing things start happening when we start praying!
Author Unknown
Asking for anything is allowed with the understanding that God's answers come from God's perspective. They are not always in harmony with our expectations, for only He knows the whole story.
Author Unknown
Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation.
Author Unknown
Don't be timid when you pray; rather, batter the very gates of heaven with storms of prayer.
Author Unknown
For the believer, there is no question; for the non-believer, there is no answer.
Author Unknown
God answers prayer with certainty. Wish fulfillment is something else.
Author Unknown
God eagerly awaits the chance to bless the person whose heart is turned toward Him.
Author Unknown
God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us.
Author Unknown
God's ear lies close to the believer's lip.
Author Unknown
How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads, and pray "Lord, show me where I'm wrong"?
Author Unknown
In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to us the treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard.
Author Unknown
It is from prayer that the spirit's victory springs.
Author Unknown
It is impossible to lose your footing while on your knees.
Author Unknown
Man is the only creature which rises by bowing, for he finds elevation in his subjection to his Maker.
Author Unknown
Many words do not a good prayer make; what counts is the heartfelt desire to commune with God, and the faith to back it up.
Author Unknown
No one can pray well, but those who live well.
Author Unknown
O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.
Author Unknown
One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
Author Unknown
Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we have spoken to Him about it. From the moment we have left it with Him.
Author Unknown
Our prayers are often filled with selfish "wants"; God always answers with what we need.
Author Unknown
Our thanks to God should always precede our requests.
Author Unknown
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
Author Unknown
Pray for what you want, but work for what you need.
Author Unknown
Pray if thou canst with hope, but ever pray, though hope be weak or sick with long delay; pray in the darkness if there be no light; and if for any wish thou dare not pray, then pray to God to cast that wish away.
Author Unknown
Prayer is a passport to heaven. Your communication with God.
Author Unknown
Prayer is the key that opens the door to all that is good in life.
Author Unknown
Prayers are the leeches of care.
Author Unknown
Productive prayer requires earnestness, not eloquence.
Author Unknown
Seven days without prayer makes one weak.
Author Unknown
Short prayers reach heaven.
Author Unknown
The greatest blessing of prayer is not receiving the answer, but being the kind of person God can trust with His answer.
Author Unknown
Praying is learned by praying.
LAT Van Dooren
God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
The only way to pray is to pray, and the way to pray well is to pray much.
Author Unknown
The wings of prayer carry high and far.
Author Unknown
True prayer brings a person's will into accordance with God's will, not the other way around.
Author Unknown
When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep.
Author Unknown
When at night you cannot sleep, talk to the Shepherd and stop counting sheep.
Author Unknown
When my children do wrong, I ache to hear their stumbling requests for forgiveness. I'm sure our heavenly Father aches even more deeply to hear from us.
Author Unknown
When the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide.
Author Unknown
When we lose God, it is not God who is lost.
Author Unknown
When you go to your knees, God will help you stand up to anything.
Author Unknown
Why worry when you can pray?
Author Unknown
Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud.
Gerald Vann
My prayer to God is a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous!" God has granted it.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.
John Aikman Wallace
A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
Prayer is the golden key that opens heaven.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.
William A. Ward
I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.
Orson Welles (1915-1985, American film maker)
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Arthur (Duke of Wellington) Wellesley (1769-1852, British statesman, military leader)
Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray.
Charles Wesley
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.
Charles C. West
Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, American poet, reformer, author)
The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, American poet, reformer, author)
Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit.
Alexander Whyte
Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
William Wilberforce
Though smooth be the heartless prayer, no ear in heaven will mind it; And the finest phrase falls dead, if there is no feeling behind it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919, American poet, journalist)
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.
Geoffrey B. Wilson
Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.
David J. Wolpe
Do I want to pray or only to think about my human problems? Do I want to pray or simply kneel there contemplating my sorrow? Do I want to direct my prayer toward God or let it direct itself towards me?
Hubert Van Zeller
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