Inspirational Quotes on Prayer

“The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.”

“When troubles come may prayer be your automatic response.”

“It is not the posture of the body, but the attitude of the heart that counts when we pray . . . The important thing is not the position of the body but the condition of the soul.”

“We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.”

“This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.”

“God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.”

“Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!”

“Prayer is not an option but a necessity.”

“We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.”

“[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?”

“Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.”

“Pray frequently as you read [the Bible] and you will discover a fellowship with God.”

“At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.”

“The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.”

“Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don’t let the fact that you don’t know someone keep you from praying for them.”

“Someone has said, “Prayer is the highest use to which speech can be put.”

“Persecution, whether it is physical, social, or mental, is one of the worst types of pain, but those who persecute us are to be the objects of our prayers.”

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”

“The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.”