Top 100 Billy Graham Prayer Quotes
#1. How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!
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#2. The self-life manifests itself in self-indulgences, such as self-love, self-will, self-seeking, self-pride ... It takes self-denial to turn off the television and spend [time] in prayer ... and read the Scriptures ... the only object in life is that Christ may be honored.
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#3. Have you ever said, "Well, all we can do now is pray"? ... When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.
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#4. In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to us
the treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard.
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#5. When troubles come may prayer be your automatic response.
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#6. We have so many battles going on in America today that we should be a people of prayer. Our government needs prayer. Our leaders need prayer. Our schools need prayer. Our youth need our prayers. Our families need our prayers.
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#7. I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify.
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#8. True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.
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#9. We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient.
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#11. We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.
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#12. Before three thousand people were brought into the church on the day of Pentecost, the disciples had spent fifty days in prayer, fasting, and spiritual travail.
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#14. Prayer is key to our effort to communicate the Gospel and win men and women to Christ.
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#15. Prayer is powerful, but if our prayers are aimless, meaningless, and mingled with doubt, they will be of little hope to us.
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#16. God Himself is the power that makes prayer work.
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#17. Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.
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#19. A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.
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#20. In the Bible God speaks to us; in prayer we speak to God. Both are essential.
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#21. Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day - sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.
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#22. I listened to a discussion of religious leaders on how to communicate the Gospel. Not once did I hear them mention prayer. And yet I know of scores of churches that win many converts each year by prayer alone.
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#23. Parents need much wisdom in relating to their grown children - and much prayer. Children likewise have much to learn about relating to their parents as the years pass.
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#24. Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!
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#25. The Book of Psalms is the Bible's hymnbook. It will show you what it means to walk with God in prayer and praise.
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#26. God urges us to bring our concerns to Him - not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said ... "Brothers, pray for us" [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].
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#27. 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.
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#28. Our prayers must be in accordance with [God's] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
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#30. Prayer is more than a wish; it is the voice of faith directed to God.
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#31. The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.
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#32. If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.
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#33. If there are any tears shed in heaven, they will be over the fact that we prayed so little.
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#34. This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.
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#35. Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!
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#36. The reason many ... close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God ... it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.
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#37. Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers.
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#38. Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work - and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass.
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#39. Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn't know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets ... and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life.
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#40. The devil is alive and kicking. But if you are in Christ and follow the rules of daily Bible study, prayer, and witnessing, he has no power over you.
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#41. 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.
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#42. Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.
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#43. I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self - self-love, self-will, self-ambition - and be placed completely at His disposal.
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#44. Don't forget: Without fuel, a fire grows cold - and without the "fuel" of the Bible, prayer, and Christian fellowship, our faith grows cold.
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#45. [God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?
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#46. A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn't surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the "Art of Conversation" instead of the study of God's Word and prayer.
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#47. I firmly believe God continues to answer the prayers of His people even after He has taken them to heaven. Never forget that God isn't bound by time the way we are. We see only the present moment; God sees everything. We see only part of what He is doing; He sees it all.
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#48. When my decision for Christ was made ... I knelt in prayer. I opened my heart and knew for the first time the sweetness and joy of God, of truly being born again ... I knew in my heart that I was somehow different and changed. That night absolutely changed the direction of my life.
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#49. Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.
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#50. Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.
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#51. 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.
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#52. Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!
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#53. Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.
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#54. Thousands of Christians compromise their faith in Jesus Christ by denying Him. Even some clergymen neglect or deliberately refuse to close a public prayer in the name of Jesus for fear of offending an unbeliever. They cannot endure the persecution that may follow an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ.
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#55. Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.
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#56. Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth - but of even greater importance is God's Word, the Bible.
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#57. A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.
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#58. 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.
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#59. We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.
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#60. Prayer is not our using of God; it more often puts us in the position where God can use us.
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#61. We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings.
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#62. When brothers and sisters in Christ unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer, they are strengthened in their faith and witness.
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#63. The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, "Lord, teach us to preach"; "Lord, teach us to do miracles"; or "Lord, teach us to be wise" ... but they said, "Lord, teach us to pray.
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#65. Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do - but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.
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#66. When that glorious day comes, sin and death will be destroyed and Satan will be banished. All the strife and hatred and suffering and death that twist and scar this world will vanish, and the Lord's Prayer will be fulfilled: God's will will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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#67. If ever we are to study the Scriptures, if ever we are to spend time in prayer, if ever we are to win souls for Christ, if ever we are to invest our finances for His kingdom - it must be now.
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#68. [Jesus] prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process.
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#69. Prayer shouldn't be a burden but a privilege - God wants our fellowship.
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#70. Prayer serves a dual purpose; the blessing of man and the glory of God.
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#71. Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.
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#72. [Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer ... No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.
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#73. Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.
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#74. Prayer and Bible study are inseparably linked. Effective prayer is born out of the prompting of God's Spirit as we read His Word.
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#75. When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God's hands ... let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.
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#77. As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.
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#78. Sometimes I'm asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer ... prayer ... prayer.
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#79. Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God's orders.
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#80. If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!
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#81. You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time. Even if you are asking God to restrain their evil actions,
you should also be praying that He will change their hearts. Only eternity will reveal the impact of our prayers for others.
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#82. Prayer is the Christian's greatest weapon.
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#83. We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.
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#84. I realize more than ever that this ministry has been a team effort. Without the help of our prayer partners, our financial supporters, our staff, and our board of directors - this ministry and all of our dreams to spread the Good News of God's love throughout the world would not have been possible.
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#85. I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.
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#86. When we know Him, we can be sure God hears our prayers.
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#87. Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation.
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#88. The world's sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.
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#89. Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world's greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].
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#90. Ask God to give you a greater hunger for Himself and a deeper desire for His fellowship. Then be honest about whatever is keeping you from prayer, and ask God to help you deal with it.
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#91. Someone has said, Prayer is the highest use to which speech can be put.
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#92. God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.
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#93. No matter where we are, God is as close as a prayer. He is our support and our strength. He will help us make our way up again from whatever depths we have fallen.
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#94. Before prayer changes others, it first changes us.
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#95. 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.
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#96. Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God's strength and guidance along the way.
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#97. If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits.
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#98. That "the Spirit Himself intercedes" indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.
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#99. A friend of mine defines prayer as a declaration of dependence.
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#100. Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language.
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