Philip Yancey Quotes

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

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

My faith means everything to me. God and I talk constantly.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

I don't have any answers, but in my personal opinion, I'm a person that has faith and I believe that a lot of people have neglected God.

Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.

The Lord's Prayer reminds us that God longs for His people to communicate with Him, not just in church on Sunday, but wherever we are and whatever our need.

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

Prayer is your personal key to heaven.

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

It always helps to have a bit of prayer in your back pocket. At the end of the day, you have to have something, and for me, that is God, Jesus, my Catholic upbringing, my faith.

I do believe in the power of prayer.

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

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

I listen and talk to God daily.

Pray in faith.

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.

Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

I'm a deeply spiritual person, and I strongly believe that God is watching over me!

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.

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

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.