85 Answered Prayer Quotes To Encourage Your Faith In God

“All prayers are answered. We need to distinguish between a prayer unanswered, and one not answered how or when we would like it to be.”- Lloyd John Ogilvie

“I believe in miracles . . . prayers that are answered and healing hands.”- John McLeod

“O, do not pray for easy lives.”- Phillips Brooks

“God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.”- Oswald Chambers

“Everything is happening exactly as it’s supposed to, with hidden blessings that you’ll soon understand. Sometimes what appears to be a problem is actually an answered prayer in disguise.”

“If you do all the talking when you pray, how will you ever hear God’s answers?”- Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Be grateful if God answers your prayer. But, be more grateful when God makes you the answer to someone else’s prayer.”

“God still answers prayer. In His time He will work a miracle. He will never fail. Satan has lost the battle. When to the Lord you humbly bow. God still answers prayer.”

“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”- Teresa of Avila

“God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.”- J. D. Greear

“God is always faithful to answer. Sometimes His answer is a much desired “yes”. Sometimes His answer is a merciful “no”. Sometimes His answer is a faith-building “not yet”. And sometimes….sometimes, when an answer cannot be found, His answer is simply “Trust me”.”

“If God answered all of your prayers, would the world look different or just your life?” – Dave Willis

“I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.”- Dwight L. Moody

“God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.”- Croft M. Pentz

“Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.”- Kathryn Kuhlman

“The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.”- F.B. Meyer

“The world was made partly that there may be prayer; partly that our prayers might be answered.”- C. S. Lewis

“Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.”- Tony Robbins

“God doesn’t move in your life when you struggle; He moves when you pray.”

“Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer; he taught that prayers are always answered. He ever implied that prayers were answered rightly because of the Heavenly Father’s wisdom.”- Oswald Chambers

“When we pray, God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives more than we imagine… in His own time & His own way.”

“I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.”- Jean Ingelow

“A coward cannot have any prayer answered.”- Nichiren

“I have had prayers answered – most strangely so sometimes – but I think our Heavenly Father’s loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.”- Lewis Carroll

“Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.”- William Feather

“God has not always answered my prayers. If He had, I would have married the wrong man — several times!”- Ruth Graham

“If God answers your prayers He is increasing your faith. If He delays, He is increasing your patience. If He doesn’t answer, He has something better for you.”

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”- Corrie Ten Boom

“People who pray for miracles usually don’t get miracles. But people who pray for courage, for strength to bear the unbearable, for the grace to remember what they have left instead of what they have lost, very often find their prayers answered. Their prayers help them tap hidden reserves of faith and courage that ...

... were not available to them before.”- Harold S. Kushner

“I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to Him, and he answered my prayer.” – Psalms 120:1

“…And then God stepped in.”

“Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”- Eckhart Tolle

“Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don’t.”- Max Lucado

“God truly answers prayers.”

“God answers prayers, but He doesn’t always answer it your way.” – Lou Holtz

“I’ve seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you’ve really shortchanged yourself.”- Anne Lamott

“Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. He hears it from the very moment that you are seized with helplessness, and He becomes actively engaged at once in hearing and answering the prayer of your ...

... helplessness.”- Ole Hallesby

“Today…I am grateful for God answering my prayers…In His own beautiful way…”

“Notice all of the prayers in your life that have been answered.”

“But truly God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.” – Psalm 66:19

“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.”- Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Dear Lord, Thank you that you are listening to my every prayer. Though it may not always be the answer I am expecting. I am so grateful for giving me something much better instead and thank you for caring and providing me all my needs. Amen!”

“When God decides to bless you, He will cause situations to come together in your favor….no matter what others try to do.”

“Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.”- Wilbur Smith

“Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.”- Dwight L. Moody

“By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answer to our own.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care. Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”- Garth Brooks

“When God doesn’t answer your prayer, it means that God has another plan for you. Just be patient.”

“If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.”- Wally Lamb

“Often a healing takes place in ourselves as we pray for the healing of others.”- Michael E. DeBakey

“Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.”- Andrew Murray

“How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.”- Augustus William Hare

“Be sure that someday you’ll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them.”- Shams Tabrizi

“Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!”- Andrew Murray

“Thankfulness should always be our first response when God answers prayers.” – Jim George

“Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.”- Rick Warren

“Prayers are not measured or answered by the number of multitudes or pilgrims praying but by the seeds of their faith.”- Ikechukwu Izuakor

“Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.”- Billy Graham

“When God answers a prayer – don’t forget to praise and thank Him.”

“Many people think their prayers are never answered because it is the answered ones they forget.”- C. S. Lewis

“Your prayers will certainly be answered. Everyone who asks receives.”- Lailah Gifty Akita

“Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying.”- Joyce Meyer

“Thank God for unanswered prayers.”- Garth Brooks

“God answers when you least expect it.”

“To my husband I will say: You’re the proof that God answers prayers.”

“The story of every great Christian achievement is the history of answered prayer.”- Edward McKendree Bounds

“Often, the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Live as if your prayers are to be answered.”- Wayne Dyer

“God answers man’s prayer by giving him an increased revelation of truth, an enhanced appreciation of beauty, and an augmented concept of goodness.”

“Thank you Lord for hearing and answering our prayers.”

“When we pray, God hears more than we say, answers more than we ask, gives more than we can imagine. On His own time and in His own way.”

“Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.”- George Meredith

“I have questioned God sometimes whether prayers have gone unanswered. But answered prayer is still harder to believe.”- David Wilkerson

“Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn’t want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.”- Bill Johnson

“God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good.”- Aiden Wilson Tozer

“My life is one long daily, hourly record of answered prayer. For physical health, for mental overstrain, for guidance given marvelously, for errors and dangers averted, for enmity to the Gospel subdued, for food provided at the exact hour needed, for everything that goes to make up life and my poor service. I can ...

... testify, with a full and often wonder-stricken awe, that I believe God answers prayer.”- Mary Slessor

“The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. It is the key to the whole mission problem. All human means are secondary.”- Samuel Marinus Zwemer

“God may not always answer the prayers we want, but He always answers the prayers we need.”

“What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?”- Sitting Bull

“Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.”

“Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer.” – E.M. Bounds

“God answers prayer according to His perfect will, in His perfect timing.”

“God answers prayers and sometimes He goes so far beyond anything we ever believed could happen.”

“Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.”- Theodore L. Cuyler

“Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God’s voice is its most essential part. Listening to God’s voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine.”- Andy Murray