Adversity Prayer Quotes & Sayings

O Lord help us!
O Lord help us! — Lailah Gifty Akita

For the first time in my life, I fully realized that I was not in charge. I knew that I needed to submit to Heavenly Father's will. I couldn't have what I wanted when and how I wanted it just because I was keeping the commandments. The purpose of prayer was not to tell Heavenly Father what to do, rather to find out what He would have me do and learn. I needed to align my will with His ... Prayer is less about changing our circumstances and more about changing us. It is about seeking His will and asking for His help to do what we need to do."
June 2013 Ensign, "Improving Your Personal Prayers — Kevin W. Pearson

The Lord will deliver us from every chain of sin, slavery and bondage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Father, be my comfort in this dark times. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord shall be your comfort in times of distress. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May God strengthen you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never complain, pray for strength to overcome the difficulty. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For adversities must of necessity come. They are part of the pattern of life's pilgrimage for every individual; and who can escape them? But I say unto thee, that for those who walk in Me, and for those who are encircled by the intercessory prayers of My children, I shall make of the suffering, yea, shall make of the trials a stepping stone to future blessing. — Frances J Roberts

God's manifest His mighty power, when we absolute depend on Him. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not panic but pray when you face any problem. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

In times of trouble, may the Lord keep you safe. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient. — Billy Graham

God turned the adversity into a blessing. What a divine intervention? — Lailah Gifty Akita

In adversity they know not where to turn, but beg and pray for counsel from every passer-by. No plan is then too futile, too absurd, or too fatuous for their adoption; the most frivolous causes will raise them to hope, or plunge them into despair - if anything happens during their fright which reminds them of some past good or ill, they think it portends a happy or unhappy issue, and therefore (though it may have proved abortive a hundred times before) style it a lucky or unlucky omen. Anything that excites their astonishment they believe to be a portent signifying the anger of the gods or of the Supreme Being, and, mistaking superstition for religion, account it impious not to avert the evil with prayer and sacrifice. Signs and wonders of this sort they conjure up perpetually, till one might think Nature as mad as themselves, they interpret her so fantastically. — Christopher Hitchens

May your heart be joyful to overcome painful situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In times of trouble, be strong. And wait patiently for God to rescue you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You pray and nothing happens. You pray and nothing happens.
You pray and nothing happens.
You pray; - and something is bound to happen!. — Kunle Olusegun-Emmanuel

May the Lord revive your spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer define the sacred beauties of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May the grace of God keep you strong through every difficulty. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will. — John Wesley

If you bow your knees more often in prayer, you will feel the presence of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

So, with my knees pierced by needles and my shoulder sewn together by the slender thread of endorphins, I keep to my genuflection and end my story the only way that really fits. As a prayer that seals surrender. World without end. Amen. — Sabrina Vourvoulias

It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer. To their peril, they ignore that spiritual lifeline just at the time when their attention to it most needs to be intensified. By so doing they cut themselves of from revelation and inspiration and deprive themselves of hearing the Lord's voice. They give up the prospect of gaining the very hope and comfort for which their hearts yearn. — David S. Baxter

God didn't design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees. — Shannon L. Alder

Almighty God, I hope in you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am empowered by every problem to seek the power of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord is my 'Strong Fortress'.
The Lord is my 'Solid Rock'. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't worry, pray! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Pray always and seek guidance from the Creator. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I cried to the Lord. He heard my tears of prayer, from His holy hill. — Lailah Gifty Akita

O Lord do not abandon us. — Lailah Gifty Akita