O. Hallesby

Quotes

• “The shower of answers to your prayers will continue to your dying hour. Nor will it cease then. When you pass out from b...”
• “If we pray for anything according to the will of God we already have what we pray for the moment we ask it. We do not k...”
• “When you enter your secret chamber take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon...”
• “Listen my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effe...”
• “When we succeed in truly thanking God we feel good at heart. The reason is that we have been created to give glory to G...”
• “See to it night and day that you pray for your children. Then you will leave them a great legacy of answers to prayer ...”
• “God alone fully understands what each one of us needs we make mistakes continually and pray for things which would be h...”
• “Jesus is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and s...”
• “There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words I would have to repeat wh...”
• “Pray a little each day in a childlike way for the Spirit of prayer. If you feel that you know as yet very little conce...”
• “As impossible as it is for us to take a breath in the morning large enough to last us until noon so impossible is it to...”
• “When prayer is a struggle do not worry about the prayers that you cannot pray. You yourself are a prayer to God at that...”
• “If we will make use of prayer to call down upon ourselves and others those things which will glorify the name of God th...”
• “When it becomes clear to us that prayer is a part of our daily program of work it will also become clear to us that we ...”
• “Begin to realize more and more that prayer is the most important thing you do. You can use your time to no better advant...”
• “It is not only blessed to give thanks it is also of vital importance to our prayer life in general. If we have noted th...”
• “Prayer brings a good spirit in our homes. For God hears prayer. Heaven itself would come down to our homes. And even tho...”
• “It is the will of our heavenly Father that we should come to Him freely and confidently and make known our desires to Hi...”
• “A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God and that all that is necessary is to be reconcil...”
• “My helpless friend your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You th...”
• “We should say to God as we mingle with our dear ones each day "God give them each Thy blessing. They need it because ...”
• “When we in prayer seek only the glorification of the name of God then we are in complete harmony with the spirit of pra...”
• “As white snow flakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step...”
• “Prayer is a fine delicate instrument. To use it right is a great art a holy art. There is perhaps no greater art than ...”
• “Do not forget that prayer is ordained for the purpose of glorifying the name of God. Therefore whether you pray for big...”
• “It is God's will not only to hear our prayer but to give us the best and the richest answer which He the almighty and ...”
• “Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we hav...”
• “Prayer can assume very different forms from quiet blessed contemplation of God in which eye meets eye in restful medi...”
• “When we go to our meeting with God we should go like a patient to his doctor first to be thoroughly examined and after...”
• “We should not be afraid when praying to God to give expression to a definite desire even though we are in doubt at th...”
• “If God does not give you something you ask for wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about t...”
• “Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides i...”
• “To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens...”
• “Helplessness is unquestionably the first and the surest indication of a praying heart. ... Prayer and helplessness are i...”
• “We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know Jesus in tha...”
• “Prayer is a condition of mind an attitude of heart which God recognizes as prayer whether it manifests itself in quiet...”
• “To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise ...”
• “Pray for whatsoever you will. In the name of Jesus you have permission not only to stand in the presence of God but al...”
• “Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not he...”
• “My praying friend continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to recei...”
• “Helplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs...”
• “By prayer we couple the powers of heaven to our helplessness the powers which can capture strongholds and make the impo...”
• “The more helpless you are the better you are fitted to pray and the more answers to prayer you will experience.”
• “Our groanings which cannot be uttered rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.”