Quotes by Pastors - Page 61

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?
James MacDonald
When we pray, we are speaking to the One Whose eternal purpose and designs are unfolding as our present realities. In order to find hope in them, we must seek HIM and HIS perspective. This requires a keen understanding of the redemptive nature of our existence, which points to the glorious gospel of Christ.
James MacDonald
If you are not open to the unprecedented, you will repeat history. If you are open to the unprecedented, you will change history. The difference is prayer.
Mark Batterson
Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.
Todd Stocker
When programs, methods, and money produce impressive results, there is an inclination to confuse human success with divine blessing. Christians can actually behave like practical humanists, living as if God were not necessary. When that happens, passionate longing for God and yearning for His help will be missing—along with His empowerment.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
No spiritual exercise is such a blending of complexity and simplicity. It is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try, yet the sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high. It is as appropriate to the aged philosopher as to the little child. It is the ejaculation of a moment and the attitude of a lifetime. It is the expression of the rest of faith and of the fight of faith. It is an agony and an ecstasy. It is submissive and yet importunate. In the one moment it lays hold of God and binds the devil. It can be focused on a single objective and it can roam the world. It can be abject confession and rapt adoration.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.
Max Lucado
Father, help me focus on my strengths and trust others to fill the gaps of my weaknesses”Every leader knows the skills in which they excel. They also are aware of those tasks that they maintain a certain level of competence along with those duties they struggle in accomplishing. In my experience there are "want to’s" and the "have to’s" of leadership. The "want to’s" energize a leader and the "have to’s" zap the leader’s creativity and time. The quicker a leader can find those around them that will fill the gaps of their weaknesses, the more effective they will be in achieving God’s mission.
Gary Rohrmayer
Hearing God’s voice is indispensable to moving through or around closed doors.
Gary Rohrmayer
Asking is the first level of prayer.
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The third level of prayer, which is much more serious is knocking
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The first direction of a prayer: believe that God is able to manage your problem and appeal to Him.
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Your relationship with God has to be alive: Learn to be His child
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4. If you don’t know the Word of God concerning your problem, then worship Him.
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The second level of prayer is seeking.
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The prayer of a righteous man avails much
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Anytime I'm not reading my Bible or praying, I feel like I'm wasting my time. [Mark's brother-in-law, Matt ________, speaking]
Mark Batterson
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.
Rick Warren
The prayer of the church determines the history and the fate of its people as well as the whole earth
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Prayer is the breath of our spirit-man
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The third direction of prayer is prayer against Satan, devils and demons
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There is also a third blessing that comes from spending time alone with God. When we spend time alone with Him, this releases all God’s potential, His power, grace and anointing, all of which are so essential for doing work for the Kingdom of God.
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There is time for you to pray, and there is time for you to fight!
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Organize your life the way God wants it to be. When you pray, ask God for counsel on matters and you will get the wisest advice directly from heaven
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If your prayers remain unanswered, start fasting
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The only way you can pray with absolute faith is to be confident that your prayers are in line with the revealed will of God, His Word.
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A Prayer does not need to become a ritual.
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Our prayer should address our Father with the complete understanding of God’s fatherhood
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The power of your prayer lies in your knowing that God is there right beside you.
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God is going to lift you up higher, day by day and from prayer to prayer.
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Intercession is prayer we pray not for ourselves, but for others — for country government, or any other person
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If you notice that devil hinder your work or demons disturb your family etc., then address them and cast them out of your circumstances
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If you want to have a big and strong church, then you need to build a prayer wall of defense in the spiritual realm...
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It’s not possible for a person who has one to one fellowship with God, someone who breaks through in prayer and who knows how to wait for God not to have open success. It’s just not possible!
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Spending time alone with God gives us victory over the flesh.
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If the mountain remains standing, it is useless to pray endlessly. God is waiting for you to do something yourself.
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The second direction of prayer lies in us addressing our own circumstances and changing them ourselves
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You have to bind the devil and command him to set these people free.
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The secret of the answered prayer is not in its artistry, nor shouts either…
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In order to know how to pray for people, we have first to determine: Whether, they are saved or not.
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There are two ways of opening the eyes of people. The first is by way of preaching the Word of God and the second is prayer
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We have to bring in captivity every high thing in people’s mind.
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Every stronghold the devil builds in the minds of people through thoughts should be pulled down in prayer
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The amount of words spoken does not determine the quality of the prayer
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Jesus never criticized prayers that were honest, only those that were long and showy.
Craig Groeschel
Although we're made right with God by faith, and not by works, the effectiveness of our prayers is often tied to the holiness of our lives.
Craig Groeschel
Learn how to pray with all your heart, applying all your energy to concentrate on one specific goal
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Prayer is a conversation with the Father you trust.
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Prayer gives you a supernatural boldness that you cannot get by any other means
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Prayer makes no sense apart from waiting.
Mark Buchanan
My brothers and sisters prayers and faith in God does not negate professionalism and dignity of labour.
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We pray because of that, to have less discomfort in life. This prayer is left unanswered for some reasons. The reason is not far-fetched – God is not interested in your comfort. He is more interested in your purpose.
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Make me little in mind, soft in heart, trusting in soul.
Eric Ludy
There is absolutely no excuse to stay where you are at right now. If you are weak, He can make you strong. If you are timid He can make you brave. If you are a pervert, He can make you pure. If you are selfish, He can make you selfless. if you are a shepherd, He can make you a king. If you are mediocre, He can make you a Mighty One of valor.
Eric Ludy
The author holds up for inspection the fallacy of The Closed-Door Method wherein Christ's followers assume that if a decision is difficult to make it is not His will for us to make it because He would obviously not want us to do anything difficult.
David Platt
When we seek God for answers, we must persevere in prayer, letting it build up day after day until the force of it becomes a mighty tide pushing over all obstacles.
Jim Cymbala
Satan wants us to focus on the problem, not the Provider. He constantly points to what seems to be rather than to what God has promised to do. If we stop spending time with the Lord in prayer, the concerns of the physical world snatch our attention and dominate us, while the spiritual senses deaden and the promises fade.I am absolutely convinced that the number one reason that Christians today don't pray more is because we do not grasp the connection between prayer and the promises of God. We are trying as individuals and churches to pray 'because we're supposed to' without a living faith in the promises of God concerning prayer. No faith life of any significance can be maintained by this 'ought-to' approach. There must be faith in God at the bottom....When real faith in God arises, a certainty comes that when we call, he will answer...that when we ask, we will receive...that when we knock, the door will be opened...
Jim Cymbala
Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning.
Gary Rohrmayer
Martin Luther spent two hours a day in prayer. John Wesley spent two hours a day in prayer. According to a recent poll taken on both sides of the Atlantic, the average church leader, pastor, priest, evangelist, teacher today spends four minutes a day in prayer and you wonder why the church is powerless.
R.T. Kendall
Conversation with God leads to an encounter with God. Prayer turns theology into experience.
Timothy J. Keller