Aiden Wilson Tozer Quotes

In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice a man to cease from prayer. The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

All hope is prayer; who calls it hope no more, Sends prayer footsore forth over weary wastes, While he who calls it prayer, gives wings to hope.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

I try to stay centered in my faith and my family and the close people around me.

When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

I believe in prayer and in strong belief.

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

Men who pray are, in reality, the only religious men, and it takes a full-measured man to pray.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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

I can't even imagine going through life without my relationship with Jesus.

I'm trying to make sure that for myself and for my family, I'm staying as close to the heart of God that I possibly can.

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

My religion means so much to me and to my career. It helps me so much.

I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it's been a special relationship. To me it's not a religion; it's just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.

Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer.

The act of praying is the very highest energy of which the human mind is capable; praying, that is, with the total concentration of the faculties. The great mass of worldly men and of learned men are absolutely incapable of prayer.

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.

More love, more power, more of You in my life. I will worship You with all of my heart, I will worship You with all of my mind, I will worship You with all of my strength, for You are my Lord.

Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.

You must ask for God's help. Even when you have done so, it may seem to you for a long time that no help, or less help than you need, is being given. Never mind. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.

Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.