Talking To God Quotes

“The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin!”
― Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

“When you wish to talk to someone, talk to Jesus, He loves to hear you speak.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“For many of us prayer means nothing more than speaking with God. And since it usually seems to be a quite one-sided affair, prayer simply means talking to God. This idea is enough to create great frustrations. If I present a problem, I expect a solution; if I formulate a question, I expect an answer; if I ask for guidance, I expect a response. And when it seems, increasingly, that I am talking into the dark, it is not so strange that I soon begin to suspect that my dialogue with God is in fact a monologue. Then I may begin to ask myself: To whom am I really speaking, God or myself?”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: A Study of Contemplative Prayer and Inner Devotion

“Prayer is communication. You talk, God listens. You listen when God talks.”
― Omoakhuana Anthonia

“God was never closer to him, never more real, than when Stephen spoke of God, or when he remembered Stephen speaking of God.”
― William Edmund Barrett, A Woman in the House

“Sometimes I try to pray, late at night when I am unable to sleep, my bed hot from my body and me tossing and turning. It's hard not to pray in a rehearsed way, and I can feel myself perform a routine even in my most desperate moments: "Oh Lord, please help me do X or feel Y." So I try to sink back into myself, to a self that is unaware of church and religion, to a more primal self. I imagine God as the night sky, not a man or even a person, and then I try just to be me, to be real, to experience my humanity with God as a witness.”
― Paula Carter

“When I want to have a good chat with God, I like to take a walk in the hills and be at one with Nature, wildlife and Creation. I was brought up in rural, green-belt England with a copy of Wordsworth’s poems close to hand. Each to his or her own when it comes to engaging with God and the Universe in conversation!”
― Roger Macdonald Andrew, Forgive: Finding Inner Peace Through Words of Wisdom

“Persistent prayer is a focused conversation between a person and the Lord.”
― Kristy Walker Armstrong, Loving God and Yourself: Creating Space to Live in God's Love