Christian Quotes about Prayer

In Christian life, prayer is like the backbone that keeps us standing. To be effective in ministry, we have to be diligent in prayer. Here are some famous quotes from the fathers of faith.


"You can do more than pray after you have prayed; but you can never do more than pray until you have prayed." A.J. Gordon

"Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces." S.D. Gordon
 
 "One should never initiate anything that he cannot saturate with prayer."

"The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray." S.D. Gordon 

"God does nothing except in response to believing prayer." John Wesley (Famous evangelist who spent 2 hours daily in prayer) 6. "If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. Martin Luther

"The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray." Chuck Smith

"Prayer doesn't change the purpose of God, but prayer can change the action of God." Chuck Smith
(Note: S.D. Gordon penned a similar quote).
 
"Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers." Sidlow Baxter

“God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil …” E.M. Bounds

“Prayer is where the action is." John Wesley

"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying. Paul E. Billheimer

"Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper - and sleep too - than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber." Andrew A. Bonar

"Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees." Corrie ten Boom

Please comment with other quotes that encourage us to pray...