Prayer

Prayer

In this Sunday’s message we are exploring the vital topic of prayer.  I thought I would share with you some inspiring quotes on the topic.  I hope you will be as encouraged by them as I am. 
 
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” — Martin Luther
 
“Time spent in prayer is never wasted.”— Francis Fenelon
 
"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer." — Mother Teresa
 
“God does not ask us to tell him our needs that he may learn about them, but in order that we may be capable of  receiving what he I preparing to give. “— Augustine
 
“Through prayer we share the almightiness of God.” — Martin Luther
 
Jesus’ “teaching [on prayer] reduces to three general principles:  Keep it honest, keep it simple, and keep it up.” 
— Philip Yancey
 
When we intercede for others “all little, ill-natured passions die away” and our “hearts will grow great and generous.”
— William Law
 
“When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don’t, they don’t.” — William Temple
 
“When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.” — R.A. Torrey
 
— Pastor Tom

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