EASTER Reflections & 27 Inspirational Prayer Quotes to PIN

Prayer (with words and without) is an integral part of my spiritual journey and daily life. I’m sharing 27 Inspirational Prayer Quotes in hopes these pin-ables will be pinned to Pinterest so the messages can uplift and send ripples through the hungry land during a season we need a feast of Easter hope.

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EASTER Reflections & Prayers

What does it mean to you to carry the Easter story with you everyday?

Two inspiring ideas and challenges from wise friends of Henri Nouwen continue to stir me.

The first one is this: WE HAVE TO KEEP ROLLING AWAY THE LARGE STONES THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COMING OUT OF THEIR GRAVES.

*Gulp*

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Secondly: IT IS SUCH COMFORT TO KNOW THAT JESUS’ WOUNDS REMAIN VISIBLE IN HIS RISEN BODY. OUR WOUNDS ARE NOT TAKEN AWAY, BUT BECOME VISIBLE SOURCES OF HOPE FOR OTHERS.

I cannot help but dream of what it would look like should we become a people in the business of rolling away stones, of seeing each other’s wounds as pathways to hope!

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Prayers for the Journey

Whether a pandemic, the threat of nuclear war, environmental disasters, or a world war rages, you must admit life is ever colored with uncertainty, joy and suffering.

We simply do not know what the future holds.

But we must decide if we are a people of hopefulness or hopelessness.

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Thank goodness for traveling mercies on this life’s journey!

For blessings and sacred ground in the midst of chaos.

I know many of you pray every single day for refugees, the elderly, the poor, government leaders, grocery store clerks, neighbors, and the sick.

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There are so many global needs, and we’re in need of MORE prayer so I hope you will join me.

I frequently write and sing my prayers, and here’s one from 2014:

Inspirational quote about prayer and healing from Sara Miles on Hello Lovely Studio. #inspirationalquotes #spirituality #christianity #prayer #faithquote #religion
ALL PRAYER CAN DO IS HEAL BECAUSE HEALING IS EMBEDDED IN RELATIONSHIP, AND PRAYER IS ONE OF THE DEEPEST FORMS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND WITH OTHER PEOPLE. AND THROUGH RELATIONSHIP, THERE CAN BE HEALING IN THE ABSENCE OF CURE. – Sarah Miles
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The Simplest Prayers

Anne Lamott quote about prayer on Hello Lovely Studio. #quotes #faithquote #christianity #prayer #annelamott
HERE ARE THE TWO BEST PRAYERS I KNOW: “HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME” AND “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.” -Anne Lamott

What Role Does Prayer Play in Your Life?

In addition to quotes today, you’ll find reflections Hello Lovely followers shared with me.

“I talk to God off and on all day long. My prayers are like any conversation I would have with someone, they’re not eloquent or pretty. I figure he knows exactly what I truly feel so my prayers are more for me than for him. He doesn’t need me but boy do I need him. Prayer for me is the validation for me that my God is always there. He’s my constant, my refuge, my comforter, my protector, my confidante. He’s my everything.” -KATHY

Inspirational faith quote from John Ortberg on Hello Lovely Studio. #quotes #faith #spirituality #christianity
AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS, UNFULFILLED DESIRES, AND A MUSTARD SEED OF FAITH, WE HAVE ALL WE NEED FOR A VIBRANT PRAYER LIFE. -John Ortberg

Christmas Prayer

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DEVOTE YOURSELVES TO PRAYER, BEING WATCHFUL AND THANKFUL. -Colossians 4:2

“A prayer to a forgiving Savior can change dark to light and redeem a life from destruction, altering a destination.” -JOLENE

Prayer of St. Francis

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LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE: WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET ME SOW LOVE; WHERE THERE IS INJURY, PARDON; WHERE THERE IS DOUBT, FAITH; WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, HOPE; WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, LIGHT’ WHERE THERE IS SADNESS, JOY. O DIVINE MASTER, GRANT THAT I MAY NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE, TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND, TO BE LOVED AS TO LOVE. FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE, IT IS IN PARDONING THAT WE ARE PARDONED, AND IT IS IN DYING THAT WE ARE BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE. AMEN. -Prayer of St. Francis

“The most beautiful prayer to me is the honest, open and simple prayer of a child, talking to God, who he loves, about nothing special at all and heard by no one except The Father.” – CAROLE

A Prayer for Protection

Inspirational prayer from Phyllis Tickle on Hello Lovely Studio. #prayers #christianity #faithquote #spirituality #spiritualformation
KEEP WATCH, DEAR LORD, WITH THOSE WHO WORK, OR WATCH, OR WEEP THIS NIGHT, AND GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER THOSE WHO SLEEP. TEND THE SICK, LORD CHRIST; GIVE REST TO THE WEARY, BLESS THE DYING, SOOTHE THE SUFFERING, PITY THE AFFLICTED, SHIELD THE JOYOUS; AND ALL FOR YOUR LOVE’S SAKE. AMEN. -Phyllis Tickle
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THE REASON “HELP” IS SUCH A GREAT PRAYER IS THAT GOD IS THE GIFT OF DESPERATION. WHEN YOU’RE IN DESPAIR, YOU’RE TEACHABLE. -Anne Lamott
Inspirational faith quote about prayer from Nadia Bolz Weber on Hello Lovely Studio. #quotes #faith #christianity #spirituality
WE WANT TO GO TO GOD FOR ANSWERS, BUT SOMETIMES WHAT WE GET IS GOD’S PRESENCE. -Nadia Bolz-Weber

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The Atmosphere of Prayer

Beautiful inspirational quote and prayer quote from Barbara Brown Taylor on Hello Lovely Studio. #inspirationalquote #christianity #prayer #quotes #faithquote #spirituality #spiritualformation
PRAYER IS HAPPENING, AND IT’S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT I AM DOING. GOD IS HAPPENING, AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT I AM IN THE MIDST. -Barbara Brown Taylor
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IS ANYONE AMONG YOU IN TROUBLE? LET THEM PRAY. IS ANYONE HAPPY? LET THEM SING SONGS OF PRAISE. James 5:13
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27 Inspirational Prayer Quotes as well as Reminders Why It Matters

“Prayer is being in the arms of the One that loves me the most without having to say a word; it’s a heart to heart conversation that only He can hear.” -CHL

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WHEN FACED WITH A CRISIS, DO THREE THINGS: BREATHE, PRAY, AND BE KIND. -Anne Lamott

Native American Prayer

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LOOKING BEHIND I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE – LOOKING FORWARD I AM FILLED WITH VISION – LOOKING UPWARD I AM FILLED WITH STRENGTH. AND LOOKING WITHIN, I DISCOVER PEACE. -Apache Prayer
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WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT IS SLIPPING, YOUR UNFAILING LOVE, LORD, SUPPORTED ME. WHEN ANXIETY WAS GREAT WITHIN ME, YOUR CONSOLATION BROUGHT ME JOY. Psalm 94:18-19
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I CALL ON YOU, MY GOD, FOR YOU WILL ANSWER ME; TURN YOUR EAR TO ME AND HEAR MY PRAYER. Psalm 17:6

“It gives me peace.” -Cheryl

Prayers as a Wayside Chapel

Inspirational quote about prayer by Phyllis Tickle on Hello Lovely Studio. #phyllistickle #inspiraitonalquote #prayer #christianity #spirituality #spiritualformation #faith
PRAYER IS A NONLOCATIVE, NONGEOGRAPHIC SPACE THAT ONE ENTERS AT ONE’S OWN PERIL, FOR IT HOUSES GOD DURING THOSE FEW MOMENTS OF ONE’S PRESENCE THERE, AND WHAT IS THERE WILL MOST SURELY CHANGE EVERYTHING THAT COMES INTO IT. PRAYER, ITS OPAL WALLS POLISHED TO TRANSPARENCY BY THE CENTURIES OF HANDS THAT TOUCHED THEM, IS THE TABERNACLE REALIZED AND THE WAYSIDE CHAPEL UTILIZED. -Phyllis Tickle
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CHURCHES ARE GOOD FOR PRAYER, BUT SO ARE GARAGES AND CARS AND MOUNTAINS AND SHOWERS AND DANCEFLOORS. -Anne Lamott
Inspirational quote about faith and prayer by James Finley on Hello Lovely Studio. #inspirationalquote #christianity #prayer #faithquote #spiritualformation
WAYS OF PRAYER OFTEN CALL FORTH A KIND OF KNOWING THAT PASSES BEYOND CLEAR IDEAS AND THE ORDINARY WAY OF THINKING. -James Finley
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MAY MY PRAYER BE SET BEFORE YOU LIKE INCENSE. Psalm 141:2

A Puritan Prayer

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THE VALLEY OF VISION: LORD, HIGH AND HOLY, MEEK AND LOWLY, THOU HAST BROUGHT ME TO THE VALLEY OF VISION, WHERE I LIVE IN THE DEPTHS BUT SEE THEE IN THE HEIGHTS; HEMMED IN BY MOUNTAINS OF SIN I BEHOLD THY GLORY. LET ME LEARN BY PARADOX THAT THE WAY DOWN IS THE WAY UP, THAT TO BE LOW IS TO BE HIGH, THAT THE BROKEN HEART IS THE HEALED HEART, THAT THE CONTRITE SPIRIT IS THE REJOICING SPIRIT, THAT THE REPENTING SOUL IS THE VICTORIOUS SOUL, THAT TO HAVE NOTHING IS TO POSSESS ALL, THAT TO BEAR THE CROSS IS TO WEAR THE CROWN, THAT TO GIVE IS TO RECEIVE, THAT THE VALLEY IS THE PLACE OF VISION. LORD, IN THE DAYTIME STARS CAN BE SEEN FROM DEEPEST WELLS, AND THE DEEPER THE WELLS THE BRIGHTER THY STARS SHINE; LET ME FIND THY LIGHT IN MY DARKNESS, THY LIFE IN MY DEATH, THY JOY IN MY SORRY, THY GRACE IN MY SIN, THY RICHES IN MY POVERTY THY GLORY IN MY VALLEY.
Inspirational quote about silence from Cynthia Bourgeault on Hello Lovely Studio. #inspirationalquote #faithquote #religiousquote #christianity #spiritualformation
SOMEWHERE IN THOSE DEPTHS OF SILENCE I CAME UPON MY FIRST EXPERIENCES OF GOD AS A LOVING PRESENCE THAT WAS ALWAYS NEAR AND PRAYER AS A SIMPLE TRUST IN THAT PRESENCE. -Cynthia Bourgeault
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THE UNEVEN GROUND SHALL BECOME LEVEL, AND THE ROUGH PLACES A PLAIN. AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED. Isaiah 40:4

Interceding Prayer

Scripture verse about prayer on Hello Lovely Studio. #prayer #scriptureverse #scripturequote #faith #christianity #prayers
IN THE SAME WAY, THE SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR, BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US THOUGH WORDLESS GROANS. Romans 8:26
Richard Rohr inspirational quote about faith on Hello Lovely Studio. #quotes #inspirationalquote #faithquote #spirituality #richardrohr
GOD’S LIFE AND LOVE FLOW THROUGH YOU AS SOON AS YOU ARE READY TO ALLOW IT. THAT IS THE CORE MEANING OF FAITH–TO DARE TO TRUST THAT GOD COULD, WILL, AND DOES HAVE AN ETERNAL COMPASSION TOWARD YOU. -Richard Rohr

“Prayer for me is inner peace. He gives us a change of heart, and that changes everything.”  -JENNIFER

Inspirational quote from James Finley about prayer on Hello Lovely Studio. #prayerquote #inspirationalquote #spirituality #spiritualformation #faithquote
IN PRAYER, LIKE THE STARS BEFORE THE RISING SUN, ALL THE BURDENS OF OUR AUTONOMOUS SELF DISPERSE BEFORE THE ‘PIERCING PRESENCE’ OF GOD. GOD UNCLOTHES, UNDOES US, PRUNES AWAY EVERY BRANCH THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT. -James Finley
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BE JOYFUL IN HOPE, PATIENT IN AFFLICTION, FAITHFUL IN PRAYER. Romans 12:12

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Thank you for opening your heart and mind to these varied reflections about prayer. I think prayer is often dismissed as a passive, “nice” response to hardships and situations behind our control.

However, for me, prayer is much more. It is: communion, alignment, life changing and lifegiving as we open ourselves to the divine.

I’m always grateful when you share your own sentiments so do leave a comment or hit reply if you prefer to correspond in private.

HAPPY EASTER, friends!

Peace to you right where you are.

-michele

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8 Comments

  1. Michele
    Author
    April 3, 2021 / 6:50 pm

    Thanks so much for reading and the kind words. Happy Easter, lovely!

  2. lee
    April 18, 2022 / 7:02 am

    A soothing balm for my soul- thank you♥

    • Michele
      Author
      April 18, 2022 / 8:40 am

      Thank you for being here. Deep peace of the running waves to you. xox

  3. Leanne Gillespie
    April 18, 2022 / 9:18 am

    If all the ads had been taken away it would have been a peaceful post. It could have been a lifting experience. Instead the cluttered nonsense erased the mindfulness needed to truly enjoy the lovely prayers. More and more I see this contrast in posts that could be meaningful. Is it necessary to ruin the content with the distracting consumerism push?

  4. April 18, 2022 / 7:04 pm

    I loved this post, I pinned so many of the quotes! Thank you for the beautiful photos and quotes. I hope that you had a wonderful Easter Michele.

    • Michele
      Author
      April 19, 2022 / 9:33 am

      Thanks so much for your support, Elizabeth. Easter was different since we aren’t yet settled, but we had a wonderful dinner with our eldest son and a day of relaxation. Happy Easter, friend. He is risen!

  5. Amy
    April 20, 2022 / 6:43 am

    So encouraging❤️🙏🏼❤️

    • Michele
      Author
      April 20, 2022 / 4:36 pm

      Thank you for reading this, Amy. You’re such a blessing. xox

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