Prayer

Recently I've come across some wonderful quotes about prayer that have renewed my mind to pray more devotedly and more reverently.

I hope you find them helpful and encouraging today:

From Joy and Strength~

"More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats that nourish a blind life within the brain, if, knowing God, they lift not hands or prayer both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way bound by gold chains about the feet of God." - Alfred Tennyson

"Perhaps we do not think enough what an effective service prayer is, especially intercessory prayer. We do not believe as we should how it might help those we so fain would serve, penetrating the hearts we cannot open, shielding those we cannot guard, teaching where we cannot speak, comforting where our words have no power to soothe; following the steps of our beloved throught the toils and perplexities of the day, lifting off their burdens with an unseen hand at night. No ministry is so like that of an angel as this- silent, invisible, known but to God." Elizabeth Rundle Charles

"Prayer, talking with God, is vital in building an exciting relationship with Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. 5:17 says we are to pray without ceasing, but no one can pray all the time! What this verse describes is an attitude of prayer. Think of it in this way: whenever my mind is disengaged (such as when I clean a bathtub), my thoughts can go to prayer instead of to resentment, anxiety, or frustration. I can thank God for my children as I load the dishwasher, and I can ask for His help as I drive the car pool to school..." Linda Dillow, Creative Counterpart

"What a friend we have in Jesus

All our sins and griefs to bear

What a privelege to carry 

every thing to God in prayer.

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry 

Everything to God in prayer

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged;

Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Can we find a friend so faithful?

Who will all our sorrows share!

Jesus knows our every weakness;

Take it to the Lord in prayer."

-Joseph Scrivens

Have a good one!