Philip Henry Quotes

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

God looks not at the oratory of your prayers, how elegant they may be; nor at the geometry of your prayers, how long they may be; nor at the arithmetic of your prayers, how many they may be; not at logic of your prayers, how methodical they may be; but the sincerity of them he looks at.

You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

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.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

I pray everywhere and with all my heart.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

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

I speak to God every day.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

At times I have long conversations with God. Sometimes I ask questions. I admit that there are also times when I let out my frustrations, fears, and anxieties in less than honorable ways. No matter what I pray about or how I pray about it, the result I always get is comfort.

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

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

My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.

Nothing is more important to God than prayer in dealing with mankind. But it is likewise all-important to man to pray.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

I listen and talk to God daily.