Inspirational Quotes on Prayer

“God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6].”

“Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.”

“The best way to be rid of bad thoughts in my prayers is not to receive them out of my prayers.”

“Leave not off praying to God: for either praying will make thee leave off sinning; or continuing in sin will make thee desist from praying.”

“Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness; for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them.”

“None can pray well but he that lives well.”

“Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.”

“Faith is the fountain of prayer, and prayer should be nothing else but faith exercised.”

“A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.”

“The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.”

“Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.”

“The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.”

“The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.”

“A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.”

“Prayer is the offering up of our desires to God in the name of Christ, for such things as are agreeable to his will. It is an offering of our desires. Desires are the soul and life of prayer; words are but the body; now as the body without the soul is dead, so are prayers unless they are animated with our desires.”

“Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.”

“Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid; but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace.”

“God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.”

“Make up your spiritual accounts daily; see how matters stand between God and your souls (Psalm 77:6). Often reckonings keep God and conscience friends. Do with your hearts as you do with your watches, wind them up every morning by prayer, and at night examine whether your hearts have gone true all that day, whether the wheels of your affections have moved swiftly toward heaven.”

“Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.”