Elizabeth George Quotes

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

I pray every morning and night before bed.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat.

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

I pray and I meditate every day. It can be a great, great asset.

Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us.

My faith gives me the belief that I can go out and perform and improve as a player. It gives me strength and inspiration.

I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

Most of us wait until we're in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we'd wake up and say, "Anything I can do for You today, Lord?"

My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our ministry, we and our people have to pray again and again.