Quotes by Evangelists - Page 31

If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!
Billy Graham
You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.
Billy Graham
As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.
Billy Graham
Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!
Billy Graham
Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.
Billy Graham
Prayer is the Christian’s greatest weapon.
Billy Graham
This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.
Billy Graham
Our prayers must be in accordance with the will of God for the simple reason that God knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
Billy Graham
At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.
Billy Graham
Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work—and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass.
Billy Graham
That “the Spirit Himself intercedes” indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.
Billy Graham
Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.
Billy Graham
Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.
Billy Graham
It is not the posture of the body, but the attitude of the heart that counts when we pray . . . The important thing is not the position of the body but the condition of the soul.
Billy Graham
Our prayers must be in accordance with [God’s] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
Billy Graham
The Book of Psalms is the Bible’s hymnbook. It will show you what it means to walk with God in prayer and praise.
Billy Graham
The devil will tremble when you pray.
Billy Graham
We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient.
Billy Graham
A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn’t surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the “Art of Conversation” instead of the study of God’s Word and prayer.
Billy Graham
Prayer is our lifeline to God.
Billy Graham
Prayer is not an option but a necessity.
Billy Graham
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world’s greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].
Billy Graham
The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.
Billy Graham
Prayer shouldn’t be a burden but a privilege—God wants our fellowship.
Billy Graham
Prayer is the companion of Bible study.
Billy Graham
I listened to a discussion of religious leaders on how to communicate the Gospel. Not once did I hear them mention prayer. And yet I know of scores of churches that win many converts each year by prayer alone.
Billy Graham
Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God’s Word, the Bible.
Billy Graham
Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers.
Billy Graham
Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.
Billy Graham
Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.
Billy Graham
Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.
Billy Graham
Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.
Billy Graham
We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.
Billy Graham
A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.
Billy Graham
God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . “Brothers, pray for us” [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].
Billy Graham
Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.
Billy Graham
[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?
Billy Graham
Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.
Billy Graham
How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!
Billy Graham
God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.
Billy Graham
A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.
Billy Graham
Ask God to give you a greater hunger for Himself and a deeper desire for His fellowship. Then be honest about whatever is keeping you from prayer, and ask God to help you deal with it.
Billy Graham
Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts.
Billy Sunday
For those who have already experienced the grace of Almighty God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, prayer becomes the catalyst for fellowship with the Lord of our souls, redeemed by his blood. By tapping into the channel by which we commune with the One who calls his children “friends,” we can receive his strength in our weakness; his guidance in our steps; and his mercy when we stumble along life’s path.
Franklin Graham
...if God teaches us victory in Christ Jesus day by day, we live in the constant awareness of His greatness and His sufficiency. Hard lessons are often long-lasting lessons. Never forget that God is far more interested in our getting to know the Deliverer than simply being delivered.
Beth Moore
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul.
Franklin Graham
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
Leonard Ravenhill
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.
Leonard Ravenhill
Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.
Joyce Meyer
He who kneels the most, stands the best.
Dwight L. Moody
The highest function of humanity is belief, that activity of spirit that proceeds upon the pathway of reason, until it comes to some great promontory, and then spreads its wings, and upon the basis of its earlier journeying, takes eternity into its grasp.
G. Campbell Morgan
A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.
Billy Graham
God takes the weak and makes them strong. He takes the vile and makes them clean. He takes the worthless and makes them worthwhile. He takes the sinful and makes them sinless.
Billy Graham
God is in control. He may not take away trials or make detours for us, but He strengthens us through them.
Billy Graham
Grief can kill a person emotionally and physically. If not counteracted with God’s strength and power, our personal weakness may debilitate us.
Billy Graham
God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that He ordains.
Billy Graham
We must learn to let the Word of God feed us and strengthen us in our faith in God its author, Christ its message, and the Holy Spirit its teacher.
Billy Graham
Are your beliefs anchored in a faith that can withstand emotionalism, the drug culture, social and peer pressure, and material temptations? The world is seething with demonic energy. Only supreme inner strength can resist its ceaseless hassling.
Billy Graham
We shouldn’t think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.
Billy Graham
Our ministries are strengthened, sometimes more than we realize, by our devotional life.
Billy Graham