Henri Nouwen Quotes

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.

The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

I pray a lot. I pray that God will show me what to do and will guide me and lead me.

Pray on all occasions." Unlocked page 38.

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.

Dear God, I give this time of quiet to You. Please dissolve my thoughts of stress and fear And deliver me to the inner place Where all is peace and love. Amen.

What keeps me sane the most is, honestly, the Serenity Prayer.

I pray a lot and it has helped me throughout my whole career to stay calm and focused.

I feel like it is important to make sure you are always praying, always talking to have clarity of mind and peace.

Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man's wants and God's goodness.

Prayer is the little implement through which men reach; where presence is denied them.

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer

The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.

You know how to pray, don’t you? Just put your hands together and hope.

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.

We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ

Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

How do you spell peace? P-R-A-Y-E-R! Anything you believe you need is available to you through prayer. We are not talking here about a magic formula of proper and distinct words. Oh no! We are talking about opening your heart and your mouth, saying what's on your mind, knowing that once you do, the answer will be revealed.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

Our prayers are the shadows of mercy.

Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublimest; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited only by the omnipotence of God.

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.

Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.