Matthew Henry Quotes

The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to God.

You happy beast, never forced to patter prayers nor dragged to Holy Mass.

Nine times out of ten, declension from God begins in the neglect of private prayer.

The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.

The goal of prayer is the ear of God.

The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.

God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.

Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.

Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.

The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

I pray. Prayer is a time to connect with the divine, but also time, I'm sure, to concentrate one's thoughts, to meditate, and to imagine what might be.

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness.

Prayer is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian.

Prayer flies where the eagle never flew.

Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.

This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.

When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that He is coming towards them in mercy.

Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so.

Pray to God and say the lines.

Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to inflame his faith, to animate his hope, to raise his soul from earth to heaven.

We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season.

Remember to pray fervently.

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.