J. C. Ryle Quotes

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

I'm trying to make sure that for myself and for my family, I'm staying as close to the heart of God that I possibly can.

Sainthood's piety is made, refined, perfected, by prayer. The gospel moves with slow and timid pace when the saints are not at their prayers early and late and long.

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay.

Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our ministry, we and our people have to pray again and again.

Leaders in the realm of religious activity are to be judged by their praying habits and not by their money or social position. Those who must be placed in the forefront of the Church's business must be, first of all, men who know how to pray.

Through prayer, fasting, and studying, God will answer.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Spend more time in study and prayer. That's the secret of successful evangelism.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

Men who pray are, in reality, the only religious men, and it takes a full-measured man to pray.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.

Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy - it's serious business.

One of the hardest jobs in ministry is keeping your own relationship with God where it needs to be.

I think it would be a welcome reminder to every American that we can pray a good deal more at home. We can attend our churches with a good deal more fidelity.

I do want to live my life in the right way and live my life close to God.

I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.

I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.