Prayer Quotes
"The evangelization of the world depends first upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for workers; deeper far than the need for money; deep down at the bottom of our spiritual lives, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, worldwide prayer."
Robert Speer, quoted by Dick Eastman, Love on its Knees, 175
"When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do; when we rely upon eloquence, we get what eloquence can do. And so on. But when we rely upon prayer, we get what God can do."
Dr. A. C. Dixon, quoted by Robert Hall Glover, The Bible Basis of Missions, 186
"In no other way can the believer become as fully involved with God’s work, especially the work of world evangelism, as in intercessory prayer."
Dick Eastman, The Hour that Changes the World, 76
"To pray is the greatest thing we can do.... True praying has the largest results for good; and poor praying, the least."
"We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer."
Wesley Duewel, Touch the World Through Prayer, 13
"Without prayer, even though there may be increased interest in missions, more work for them, better success in organization and greater finances, the real growth of the spiritual life and of the love of Christ in the people may be very small ."
Andrew Murray, Key to the Missionary Problem, 145
"It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions."
John R. Mott, The Pastor and Modern Missions, 203
"Prayer is action. By it we step out in advance of all other results....Praying is an activity upon which all others depend. By prayer we establish a beachhead for the kingdom among peoples where it has never been before. Prayer strikes the winning blow. All other missionary efforts simply gather up the fruits of our praying."
David Bryant
Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.
John R. Mott, The Decisive Hour of Christian Missions, p. 217
"To pray in ‘Jesus name’ is to pray for something as it relates to His concerns, His cause, and His redemptive work as mediator in the Gap. Even your most personal concerns should be related to the full scope of God’s great plan for all nations. This may change what you ask for, why you ask for it and what kinds of answers you expect, and what you will do when the answers come."
David Bryant, In the Gap, 208-9
"The nearer we come to God Himself and the deeper we enter into His will, the more power we have in prayer."
Andrew Murray
"You are coming to a King, Large petitions with you bring; For His grace and power are such, None can ever ask too much."
Anonymous
"It is possible to move men through God by prayer alone."
Hudson Taylor
"The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results."
James 5:16
"Sometimes we hear people say, 'I can’t preach, I can’t sing; about all I can do is pray.' That is like a soldier saying, 'I don’t have a machine gun or a bazooka or a cannon. All I have is an intercontinental ballistic missile.'"
Dr. Timothy Warner
"Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers."
J. Sidlow Baxter
"The power of prayer cannot be diminished by distance; it is not limited by age, infirmity, political changes or restrictions. The power of prayer in the life of an obedient Christian can only be undermined by neglect."
David Bentley-Taylor
"A praying church is a victorious church. A prayerless church is a defeated church."
Robertson McQuilkin
"Prayer is fundamental in the Kingdom of God. It is not an optional extra, nor is it a last resort when all other methods have failed. We do not just pray for the work; prayer is the work! Prayer lifts Christian activities from the realm of human effort to the divine. Through prayer we become co-workers with the Lord God Almighty."
Patrick Johnstone
"As intercessors what power we wield! We reign in life with the Lord Jesus. Our prayers change our world, open closed doors, make resistant people receptive, put down and raise up leaders and extend the kingdom of our Lord Jesus."
Patrick Johnstone
"We can tip the scales of history. Christians can be the controlling factor in the unfolding drama of today’s world."
Patrick Johnstone
"When we work, we work. When we pray, God works."
Anonymous
"Prayer is the first work in the harvest. And the reason is not hard to find. It is this: the harvest has a "Lord." He oversees the harvest. Someone supplies the workers. Someone controls the progress. And that 'Someone' is God. Our first business is not to look at the size of the harvest. Our first business is to pray to our God."
John Wells
"We are powerless because our prayer is peripheral, a tepid formality, while God is calling us to mighty intercessory warfare."
Robertson McQuilkin
"The most crucial problem of foreign mission is, How to lead Christians to use...the deeply buried talent of intercessory prayer."
John R. Mott
"In anything a man attempts to do without God, he is doomed to fail miserably or to succeed even more miserably."
George MacDonald
"Prayer puts us into direct dynamic touch with a world. A man may go aside today, and shut his door, and as truly spend a half-hour in India for God as though he were there in person. Surely you and I must get more half-hours for this secret service."
S. D. Gordon
"The history of mission is the history of answered prayer ... it is the key to the whole missionary problem. All human means are secondary."
Samuel Zwemer
"Prayer is fundamental, not supplementary ... All progress can be clearly traced back to prevailing prayer."
J. Oswald Sanders
"The church has many organizers, but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray; many resters, but few wrestlers; many who are enterprising, but few who are interceding. The secret of praying is praying in secret. That is the difference between the modern church and the early church. In the matter of effective praying, never have so many left so much to so few. Let us pray!"
Leonard Ravenhill
"Everything that ever has been prayed for, of course I mean every right thing, God has already purposed to do. But He does nothing without our consent. He has been hindered in His purposes by our lack of willingness. When we learn His purposes and make them our prayers we are giving Him the opportunity to act."
S. D. Gordon