Quotes by Billy Graham

Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.

How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.

Ask God to give you a greater hunger for Himself and a deeper desire for His fellowship. Then be honest about whatever is keeping you from prayer, and ask God to help you deal with it.

Pray because Christ died to give us access to the Father. Pray because God is worthy of our praise. Pray because we need His forgiveness, cleansing, guidance, and protection. Pray because others need our prayers.

Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.

Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.

Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.

Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.

We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.

A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.

God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . “Brothers, pray for us” [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].

Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.

[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?

A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn’t surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the “Art of Conversation” instead of the study of God’s Word and prayer.

Prayer is our lifeline to God.

Prayer is not an option but a necessity.

Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world’s greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].

The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.