Favorite Prayer Quotes

Last Thursday was America’s National Day of Prayer.  I was reviewing my favorite quotes on prayer. Allow me to share ten of them with you.

• “Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” – Oswald Chambers
• “True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that – it is a spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.” – Charles Spurgeon
• “Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.” – E.M. Bounds
• “Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God’s voice is its most essential part. Listening to God’s voiceis the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.” – Andrew Murray
• “Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail.” – Leonard Ravenhill
• “Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.” – D. L. Moody
• “The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” – Samuel Chadwick
• “There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.” – Jonathan Edwards
• “Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.” – J. Sidlow Baxter
• “History is silent about revivals that did not begin with prayer.” – Edwin Orr