“Prayer is asking God to incarnate, to get dirty in your life. Yes, the eternal God scrubs floors. For sure we know he washes feet. So take Jesus at his word. Ask him. Tell him what you want. Get dirty. Write out your prayer requests; don't mindlessly drift through life on the American narcotic of bu…”— Paul E. Miller, amazon.com
“That's the way prayer goes. It's like electricity, it keeps things going.”— Kathryn Stockett, amazon.com
“We must never forget to pray, and to ask God to remember us when He is arranging things, so that we too may feel safe and have no anxiety about what is going to happen.”— Johanna Spyri, amazon.com
“What have you gained since you haven't prayed? What will you lose if you pray?”— Jaachynma N.E. Agu, amazon.com
“Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.”— Philip Yancey, amazon.com
“It has been said by many great Christians that prayer is our secret weapon. If we desire to be free from every enemy stronghold over our lives and fully fortified to live the superhuman existences God intended us to live, then we must learn how to pray.”— Leslie Ludy, amazon.com
“It is of great significance if there is a person who truly prays in a family. Prayer attracts God's Grace and all the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have grown cold. Pray always.”— Thaddeus of Vitovnica, amazon.com
“Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and o…”— R.C. Sproul, amazon.com
“Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.”— Peter Kreeft, amazon.com
“I don't pray because it makes sense to pray. I pray because my life doesn't make sense without prayer.”— Noah Benshea, amazon.com
“Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his Son's image.”— Paul E. Miller, amazon.com
“If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind.”— Brigham Young, amazon.com
“Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.”— Wendell Berry, amazon.com
“If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.”— Wally Lamb, amazon.com
“Stay the course. Pray it through, day by day, minute by minute. The Lord had an answer and it would surely come.”— Janice Hanna, amazon.com
“If you don't pray often, you won't gain a love for praying. Prayer is work, and therefore it is not very appealing to our natural sensibilities. But the simple rule for prayer is this: Begin praying and your taste for prayer will increase. The more you pray, the more you will acquire the desire for…”— Leslie Ludy, amazon.com
“Don't forget to pray today because God did not forget to wake you up this morning.”— Oswald Chambers, amazon.com
“Prayer is based on the remote possibility that someone is actually listening; but so is a lot of conversation. If the former seems far-fetched, consider the latter: even if someone is listening to your story, and really hearing, that person will disappear from existence in the blink of a cosmic eye,…”— Jennifer Michael Hecht, amazon.com
“Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.”— Abraham Joshua Heschel, amazon.com