To be effective pray-ers, we need to be effective lovers. . . . Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth, but from falling in love. --Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home
Dear God, I think about You sometimes even when Im not praying. --Elliott, Childrens Letters to God
The best prayers often have more groans than words. --John Bunyan
If you will find voice and time to pray, God will find time and voice to answer. --Ellen White, My Life Today
Prayer is simply the turning of the soul to God. --The Kneeling Christian
There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees. --Victor Hugo
When I am liberated by silence, when I am no longer involved in the measurement of life, but in the living of it, I can discover a form of prayer in which there is effectively no distraction.
My whole life becomes a prayer.
My whole silence is full of prayer.
The world of silence in which I am immersed contributes to my prayer. --Thomas Merton
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. --Mother Teresa
Prayer does not equip us for the greater work. Prayer is the greater work. --Oswald Chambers
Dear God, I didnt think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tue[sday]. That was cool. --Eugene, Childrens Letters to God
The Lords Prayer may be committed to memory quickly, but it is slowly learnt by heart. --Frederick Denison Maurice
Prayer draws us near to our own souls. --Herman Melville