Top 100 Praying Christian Quotes
#1. There will be no Christian but what will have a Gethsemane, but every praying Christian will find that there is no Gethsemane without its angel!
Thomas Binney
#2. It is important for Christians to spend time praying with or in the spirit-that is, praying in tongues. The Bible says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God"
Chris Oyakhilome
#5. The Holy Spirit, out of compassion for our weakness, comes to us even when we are impure. And if He finds our intellect truly praying to Him, He enters it and puts to flight the whole array of thoughts and ideas circling within it, and He arouses it to a longing for spiritual prayer.
Evagrius Ponticus
#7. Prayer is spiritual breathing; when we pray we breathe in the Holy Spirit; praying in the Holy Spirit (Jd. 1:20). Thus, all church prayers are the breathing of the Holy Spirit; as it were spiritual air and also light, spiritual fire, spiritual food and spiritual raiment.
John Of Kronstadt
#9. As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
Harriet Tubman
#13. If, at the time when the mind is praying it is distracted by any extraneous thought or worry about anything, then this prayer is not called pure.
Isaac Of Nineveh
#14. I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him.
C.S. Lewis
#15. To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
John Bunyan
#16. Our prayers are something akin to delivering a list, verses surrendering a life. The former will always leave me creating the next list, while the latter will leave me creating a new life.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#17. Yeah," Colt said, "she is good about praying. I am so proud of the way she has grown into a fine Christian woman who puts the Lord first. Of course I'm not saying she's perfect, but I don't think I could love her any more than I do right now.
Robyn L. Ackland
#18. The understanding soul prays; the praying soul gets understanding.
Leonard Ravenhill
#20. If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
John Bunyan
#23. Time spent praying and planning gives you a master plan that works for your home and sets a pattern of order for your life.
Elizabeth George
#25. The more men pray, the less worldly they become. The less they pray, the more worldly they become. I am, of course, speaking of professing Christians at this point.
Leonard Ravenhill
#26. It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.
Edward McKendree Bounds
#28. No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.
Vance Havner
#32. 'For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them' (Mt. 18:20). I reverence even two or three praying together, for in accordance with the Lord's promise He Himself is in the midst of them.
John Of Kronstadt
#33. Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.
Stormie O'martian
#34. The paradise of praying is like a palace of full of precious things.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#35. My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
Rita Mae Brown
#38. When I prayed I was new," wrote a great theologian of Christian antiquity, "but when I stopped praying I became old." Prayer is the way to renewal and spiritual life. Prayer is aliveness to God. Prayer is strength, refreshment, and joy.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America
#41. I will not pray clarity for you. Clarity is the crutch of the Christian. But I will pray trust for you, that your trust will increase.
Mother Teresa
#42. The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated ... There are Christians praying for God to kill Obama.
Louis Farrakhan
#43. Prayer is not only to receive answers but to communicate with God..
Lailah Gifty Akita
#47. Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for your salvation. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to murder you.
Robert Stacy McCain
#48. Heavenly Father, I will always call on you, I know you will answer.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#49. The Christian is not always praying; but within his bosom is a heaven-kindled love
fires of desire, fervent longings
which make him always ready to pray, and often engage him in prayer.
Thomas Guthrie
#57. Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all pray.
R.A. Torrey
#58. When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.
Corrie Ten Boom
#60. I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.
Dwight L. Moody
#61. You will never be able to live a victorious Christian life, unless you learn during your times of praying in tongues to understand the depths of what God's Spirit is revealing to your mind.
Sunday Adelaja
#63. Stop praying that God should make you a leader if you are not ready to do hard work.
Bidemi Mark-Mordi
#65. My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
Magic Johnson
#66. When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?
Russ Scalzo
#67. Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.
David Platt
#68. I am also praying for you, my beloved partner. God has a miracle breakthrough for your life.
Mike Evans
#70. God is able to do anything. All things are possible with Him, but we must not quit praying.
Joyce Meyer
#72. Worship seals all prayers at the front and at the back. Always pray with praise beginning and praise ending.
David Jeremiah
#77. I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
Vance Havner
#78. There comes a point where you need to lose your religion in order to restore your relationship.
Jared Brock
#79. The best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them.
Jim George
#80. In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about. On Christian radio and television we are often merely talking to ourselves.
Jim Cymbala
#81. Winning and being smart is not all that required, but the fulfillments of the Christian race brings peace ,joy to the mind and soul.
Jerry Y. Sarkw.
#82. When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.
Hudson Taylor
#85. There is a difference between a church that prays and a praying church. One has prayer programs. The other develops a prayer culture.
Daniel Henderson
#86. Two great prayers;
Yahweh, grant me grace for my daily activities.
Yahweh, protect me from all evil, so that my life will be free of pain in Jesus name. Amen!
Lailah Gifty Akita
#88. If you bow your knees more often in prayer, you will feel the presence of God.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#92. It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.
Elizabeth George
#93. When you pray for others you're praying for yourself.
Okisha Jackson
#96. There are certain religions that require you to pray five times a day and I never understood why Christians aren't asked to pray five times a day.
Cathy Hughes
#100. Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great wars of this century, wars which cost twenty million dead, were fought between Christian nations praying to the same God.
Richard M. Nixon