Until just a few years ago, I felt awkward about asking others to pray for me. Now I humbly request it without hesitation because (1) I rely upon mercy and grace, and (2) I experience its blessings. Prayer with words and without them is an integral part of my spiritual journey and daily life. I’m sharing 27InspirationalPrayer Quotes in hopes these pins will be pinned to Pinterest and the messages uplift and send ripples through the land during this time of suffering and stress.
27 Inspirational Prayer Quotes as well as Reminders Why Prayer Matters
We’re in a season of unprecedented uncertainty, disruption, and devastation as COVID-19 brings suffering. When I am able, I will keep posting uplifting stories to bring comfort and peace. I know many of you pray every single day for first responders, health care workers, government leaders, pharmacists, grocery store clerks, essential businesses, neighbors, and the sick.
27 Inspirational Prayer Quotes as well as Reminders Why It Matters
We’re in need of MORE so I hope you will join me. I frequently write and sing my prayers, and here’s one from 2014:
In addition to the quotes, you’ll find reflections from blog readers. If you would like to submit a response, leave a comment letting me know, and I’ll be happy to add it to this post.
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
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, a pause for prayer as well as faith and hope.
The Simplest Prayers
HERE ARE THE TWO BEST PRAYERS I KNOW: “HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME” AND “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.” -Anne Lamott
“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
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
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a pause for prayer and faith as well as hope.
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
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
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
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
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
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
IS ANYONE AMONG YOU IN TROUBLE? LET THEM PRAY. IS ANYONE HAPPY? LET THEM SING SONGS OF PRAISE. James 5:13
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
WHEN FACED WITH A CRISIS, DO THREE THINGS: BREATHE, PRAY, AND BE KIND. -Anne Lamott
Native American Prayer
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
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
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
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
CHURCHES ARE GOOD FOR PRAYER, BUT SO ARE GARAGES AND CARS AND MOUNTAINS AND SHOWERS AND DANCEFLOORS. -Anne Lamott
WAYS OF PRAYER OFTEN CALL FORTH A KIND OF KNOWING THAT PASSES BEYOND CLEAR IDEAS AND THE ORDINARY WAY OF THINKING. -James Finley
MAY MY PRAYER BE SET BEFORE YOU LIKE INCENSE. Psalm 141:2
A Puritan Prayer
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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 considered a passive, “nice” thing to do in situations behind our control. However, for me, it is an ongoing, active partnering with the divine.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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