Isaac of Nineveh Quotes

Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.

There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is not man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink the poison of temptations. Without them, it is not possible to obtain a strong will. When he has often experienced the help of God in temptations, a man also obtains strong faith.

The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.

I know not a better rule of reading the Scripture, than to read it through from beginning to end and when we have finished it once, to begin it again. We shall meet with many passages which we can make little improvement of, but not so many in the second reading as in the first, and fewer in the third than in the second: provided we pray to him who has the keys to open our understandings, and to anoint our eyes with His spiritual ointment.

No one can sense his own weakness is at least a small temptation is not allowed to afflict either his body or his soul. Then, comparing his weakness to the help of God, a man comes to know its magnitude. But whoever does not know that he needs God's help, let him make many prayers. Insofar as he multiplies them, in that measure will he be humbled.

Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.

If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the Holy Scriptures must necessarily sin, since they walk in the deepest darkness.

Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

We ought not to criticize, explain, or judge the Scriptures by our mere reason, but diligently, with prayer, meditate thereon, and seek their meaning.

When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't doubt the truth of that which you do for God.

No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

Hello God, if we are still on speaking terms, can you help me?

It pleases our heavenly Father when we acknowledge and confess to Him our inability to run our own lives. That is what we are doing when we say, "Father, help me! I need You!"

Prayer succeeds when all else fails

As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you.

The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer.

Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?

Ask God to fill your mouth with the words you need to say today. No issue is so small that it doesn't require God's wisdom.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

Prayer is the great gift which our Eternal Father has given us by which we may approach Him and speak with Him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Be prayerful. You cannot make it alone. You cannot reach your potential alone. You need the help of the Lord.

My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.