Quotes of Supplication - somelinesforyou

“ PLeas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind, And count each birthday with a grateful mind. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear; When a dead wall thus cunningly Conveys soft whispers to the ear. ”

- Unknown

“ If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burden. ”

- Ashleigh Brilliant

“ Fear of trouble, present and future, often blinds us to the numerous small blessings we enjoy, silencing our prayers of praise and thanksgiving. ”

- Unknown

“ I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone. ”

- Dwight L. Moody

“ No prayers can be heard which do not come from a forgiving heart. ”

- J.C. Ryle

“ Prayer puts God's work in his hands — and keeps it there. ”

- E.M. Bounds

“ If we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us. ”

- Bible

“ God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God. ”

- Oswald Chambers

“ God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer. ”

- Matthew

“ There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up. ”

- William Jenkyn

“ We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner. ”

- William S. Plumer

“ Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. ”

- Thomas B. Brooks

“ Fear of trouble, present and future, often blinds us to the numerous small blessings we enjoy, silencing our prayers of praise and thanksgiving. ”

- Unknown

“ When my children do wrong, I ache to hear their stumbling requests for forgiveness. I'm sure our heavenly Father aches even more deeply to hear from us. ”

- Unknown

“ We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. ”

- Oswald Chambers

“ We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more. ”

- E.M. Bounds

“ Let your requests be made known unto God. ”

- Bible

“ You are coming to a King, Large petitions with you bring For his grace and power are such None can ever ask too much. ”

- John Newton

“ Short prayers pierceth Heaven. ”

- Unknown

“ A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God. ”

- Brother Lawrence

“ Productive prayer requires earnestness, not eloquence. ”

- Unknown

“ Productive prayer requires earnestness, not eloquence. ”

- Unknown

“ We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask. ”

- Oswald Chambers

“ God knows, we don't want prayer. ”

- Oliver North

“ So many of his prayers had remained unanswered that he had hopes that this one prayer of his had lodged all the time like wax in the Eternal ear. ”

- Graham Greene

“ So I'm going to say my prayers tonight before I go to sleep. I hope you'll do the same. I believe if we do that, we'll all have less to worry about tomorrow. ”

- Ben Carson

“ It may be that ministers really think that their prayers do good, and it may be that frogs imagine that their croaking brings spring. ”

- Robert G. Ingersoll

“ If a man obeys the gods they're quick to hear his prayers. ”

- Homer

“ All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours. ”

- Benjamin Whichcote
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