Monica Johnson Quotes

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

I pray as much as possible.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Much prayer, but no piety.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Make God first priority. He's worth it!

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

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.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

You must have faith to pray. You must have faith to ponder the word of God. You must have faith to do those things and go to those places which invite the Spirit of Christ and the Holy Ghost.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.

In all God's plans for human redemption, He proposes that men pray. The men are to pray in every place, in the church, in the closet, in the home, on sacred days and on secular days.

We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our lives. We can start with our reasonable service: prayer, studying, fasting, tithing, fellowshipping, and witnessing.

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God's word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.

Prayer is where the action is.

My only idol is God, and I kick myself when I don't pray regularly enough.

As we regularly spend time reading God's Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.