Ann Patchett Quotes

Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.

Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God

Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.

I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.

Prayer is the hard-work business of Christianity, and it nets amazing results.

Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.

No insistence in the Scripture is more pressing than that we must pray...How clear it is, when the Bible is consulted, that the almighty God is brought directly into the things of this world by the prayers of His people.

I have great love for Saint Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have an image of Saint Joseph sleeping. Even when he is asleep, he is taking care of the Church! Yes! We know that he can do that. So when I have a problem, a difficulty, I write a little note and I put it underneath Saint Joseph, so that he can dream about it! In other words I tell him: pray for this problem!

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.

Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle.

O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.

Prayer may just be the most powerful tool mankind has.” ~Blink

When God intends great mercy for his people, the first thing he doth is to set them a praying.

Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon us.

When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that He is coming towards them in mercy.

When God's mercies are coming, their footfalls are our desires to pray.

Prayer ardent opens heaven.

Prayer is of transcendent importance. Prayer is the mightiest agent to advance God's work. Praying hearts and hands only can do God's work. Prayer succeeds when all else fails.

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them.