Classic Prayers for Every Need (Prayer Quotes I)

Saints,

As many of you know on SermonIndex.net we have had a series of famous quotes in a thread called: "Great Quotes" which has been going for over 15 years now. This is the first thread: https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=488&forum=35&106. and there are 21 more threads currently.

This is a new thread of a similar vision but just "prayer" quotes to God by godly people from the past and present. It is my hope that by reading godly prayers we will be encouraged in our own intimacy and prayer walks with the Lord Himself.

"Lord open my eyes that I may see, not the visible enemy, but Thy unseen chariots of deliverance." - Hannah Whitall Smith

"O merciful God, be Thou now unto me a strong tower of defence, I humbly entreat Thee. Give me grace to await Thy leisure, and patiently to be what Thou doest unto me; nothing doubting or mistrusting Thy goodness toward me; for Thou knowest what is good for me better than I do. Therefore do with me in all things what Thou wilt; only arm me, I beseech Thee, with Thine armour, that I may stand fast; above all things, taking to me the shielf of faith; praying always that I may refer myself wholly to Thy will, abiding Thy pleasure, and comforting myself in those troubles which it shall please Thee to send me, seeing much troubles as are profitable for me; and I am assuredly persuaded that all Thou doest cannot but be well; and unto Thee be all honour and glory. Amen." - Lady Jane Grey

"O Lord, come quickly and reign on Thy throne, for now oftentimes, something rises up within me, and triest to take possession of Thy throne: pride, covetousness, uncleanness, and sloth want to be my kings; and then evil-speaking, anger, hatred, and the whole train of vices join with me in warring against myself, and try to reign over me. I resist them, I cry out against them, and say, 'I have no other king than Christ.' O King of Peace, come and reign in me, for I will have no king but Thee! Amen." - Saint Bernard

"Some things have not gone well today. We have had our troubles. Our hearts have been hurt. You are the healer - will You heal us? Take the tangled threads out of our clumbsy hands, disentangle them and weave them into a web of beauty! Take the dark things of the day's providences, the things that seem wrong, and by the power of Your grace, transmute them into blessing. Help us indeed to keep our hands off the strange, complex affairs of our lives - for we would only spoil the pattern which You are fashioning in us, if we attempted to adjust these complicated affairs. May You take entire charge of the myriad things of our lives that are beyond our managing, and bring good and only good out of them." - J.R. Miller

"Trusting in Your goodness, and great mercy, Lord, I come; sick - I come to my Savior; hungry and thirsty - to the well of Life; needy - to the King of Heaven." - Thomas A Kempis

"Make me, who so often in my health have discovered my weakness presuming on my own strength." - Thomas Fuller

"Never leave nor forsake me in my present pilgrimage here, till Thou hast brought me safe through all trials and dangers." - Benjamin Jenks

"In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: Let me never be put to confusion." - Psalm 71:1

"Let me not be distracted by lesser things from what is truly important." - Samuel Johnson

"Jesus-Omega, grant me to serve You, to proclaim You, to glorify You, to make You manifest, to the very end through all the time that remains to me of life, and above all through my death. Desperatly, Lord Jesus, I commit to Your care my last active years, and my death; do not let them impair or spoil my work I have so dreamed of achieving for You." - Teilhard De Chardin

"For with Thee is refreshment and true strength. Amen." - Saint Augustine

"Father in heaven, draw our hearts to You, that our hearts may be where our treasures ought to be, that our minds and thoughts may look to Your kingdom, who citizens we are. Thus, when You shall call us hence, our departure may not be a painful separation from this world, but a joyous meeting with You." - Soren Kierkegaard

"Almighty God, have mercy upon us, who, when troubled with the things that are past, lose faith, and life, and courage, and hope. So have mercy upon us, and uphold us, that we, being sustained by a true faith that Thou art merciful and forgiving, may go on in the life of the future to keep Thy commandments, to rejoice in Thy bounty, to trust in Thy mercy, and to hope in the eternal life. Grant unto all of us, whatsoever may betide us, to remember ever that it is all of Thy guidance, under Thy care, by Thy will; that so, in darkest days, beholding Thee we may have courage to go on, faith to endure, patience to bear, and hopefulness to hold out, even unto the end””Amen." - George Dawson (1821”“1876)

"O Thou, who are ever the same, grant us so to pass through the coming year with faithful hearts, that we may be able in all things to please Thy loving eyes””Amen." - Mozarabic, A.D. 700

"O Lord our God, under the shadow of Thy wings let us hope. Thou wilt support us, both when little, and even to gray hairs. When our strength is of Thee, it is strength; but, when our own, it is feebleness. We return unto Thee, O Lord, that from their weariness our souls may rise towards Thee, leaning on the things which Thou hast created, and passing on to Thyself, who hast wonderfully made them; for with Thee is refreshment and true strength””Amen." - St Augustine (354”“430).

"O God, let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee, and mercifully grant unto us that we may be delivered by Thine almighty power from all bonds and chains of sin whether in our bodies or in our souls, through Jesus Christ our Lord”” Amen." - Roman Breviary

"My Father, help me as a follower of Christ to say, "Thy will be done.” Thou wouldest not have me accept Thy will because I must, but because I may. Thou wouldest have me take it, not with resignation, but with joy, not with the absence of murmur, but with the song of praise. How shall I reach this goal? I shall only reach it by feeling what the Psalmist felt””that Thy will comes from a "good Spirit,” and goes towards a "land of uprightness.” Teach me that Thy will is love; teach me that Thy love is wise. Guide me not blindfold, but with open eyes. Grant me the power to look both behind and before””behind to "Thy good Spirit,” before to "the land of uprightness.” Give me the blessedness of the man whose delight is in Thy law, who can tell of Thy statutes rejoicing the heart. I shall obey Thy will in perfect freedom when I can say, "Thy Spirit is good”””Amen." - George Matheson (b. 1842)

"We beseech Thee, O Lord, let our hearts be graciously enlightened by Thy holy radiance, that we may serve Thee without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life; that so we may escape the darkness of this world, and by Thy guidance attain the land of eternal brightness; through Thy mercy, O blessed Lord, Who dost live and govern all things, world without end””Amen." - Sarum Breviary, A.D. 1085.

"Almighty and everlasting God, the Brightness of faithful souls, fill the world with Thy glory, we pray Thee, and show Thyself, by the radiance of Thy light, to all the nations of the world, through Jesus Christ, our Lord””Amen." - Gregorian Sacramentary, A.D. 590.