William Gurnall Quotes

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

In my opinion, it is a mistake to expect in prayer a response from God. Often, God's response is outside prayer. And often, we do not link up an outside response with the effort we put into prayer.

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about 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.

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.

Prayer no longer seems like an activity to me; it has become the continuing language of the relationship I believe God designed to fulfill a human life.

To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.

In the same way that a small child cannot draw a bad picture so a child of God cannot offer a bad prayer.

Not a day has gone by that I have not communicated with my Father in Heaven through prayer. It is a relationship I cherish-one I would literally be lost without. If you do not now have such a relationship with your Father in Heaven, I urge you to work toward that goal. As you do so, you will be entitled to His inspiration and guidance in your life.

We cannot really know God if we do not pray.

Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land.

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

True prayer is the trading of the heart with God.

Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge.

If He has said much about prayer, it is because He knows we have much need of it.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.

Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.

God won't answer 100% of the prayers we don't pray.

Prayer is the way to both the heart of God and the heart of the world - precisely because they have been joined through the suffering of Jesus Christ Praying is letting one's own heart become the place where the tears of God's children merge and become tears of hope.

Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.

Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.