Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending His will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to His. It is by prayer that we seek God’s will, embrace it and align ourselves with it. Every true prayer is a variation on the theme “Thy will be done.”
– John Stott
Category: Prayer Quotes
Prayer Quote of the Week
The giants of church history dwarf us in true prayer…. What most separates them from us is that prayer was their priority; they devoted considerable time and energy to it.
– Joel Beeke
Prayer Quote of the Week
One reason your prayer life may be drooping is that you have neglected the Holy Scriptures. Prayer is a two-way conversation. We need to listen to God, not just talk to Him.
– Joel Beeke
Prayer Quote of the Week
From the fact that prayer is so urgently commanded, we ought to conclude that we should by no means despise our prayers, but rather prize them highly.
– Martin Luther
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer is not an option for the believer but a divinely ordained duty, a duty done in obedience, rooted in love for God…. Such love draw the believer to the Father, leaning upon the Son, and depending upon the Spirit in prayer. The true believer prays because he has been loved and because he loves is return.
– Jonathan Edwards
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer makes a godly man, and puts within him the mind of Christ, the mind of humility, of self-surrender, of service, of pity, and of prayer. If we really pray, we will become more like God, or else we will quit praying.
– E.M. Bounds
Prayer Quote of the Week
Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.
– Max Lucado
Prayer Quote of the Week
Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.
– E.M. Bounds
Prayer Quote of the Week
Young people, you must pray, for your passions are strong, and your wisdom is little.
– Charles Spurgeon
Prayer Quote of the Week
At all events, we are not likely in this day to err on the side of praying too much.
– J.C. Ryle
Brian J. Mikul 