The Prayer Warrior's Way Quotes

“Overcomers are not born; they are developed over time,”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“The Bible says you should live “casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). God doesn’t want you to neglect your cares; He wants to help you take care of them. He wants to give you wisdom about how to handle them—whether it is a relationship, a project at work, volunteering at your kids’ school, or your passion to see a world issue resolved justly. He wants to give you strength to handle it. He has the wisdom you need to make it right. He wants to see you succeed so that He can be glorified in you.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“WHAT HAPPENS WHEN we pray? Have you ever really thought about that? When you bow your knee and fold your hands or walk the floor with your eyes closed, opening your heart to heaven, what exactly happens? There are very few references in the Bible about the proper procedures for how to pray, and I believe that is because prayer is more about the heart’s attitude and focus than it is about whether we stand, sit, close our eyes, or any other practice we normally associate with prayer. The truth be told, if we are supposed to pray without ceasing, we should also be able to work on an engine, write an e-mail, give a presentation, change a diaper, write a report, have coffee with a friend, encourage a coworker, pay our bills, and any of the other myriad of things we do in a day while still keeping the communication lines open with heaven. I believe that every day we need focused times of prayer, but at all other times we should be in an attitude of prayer with our spiritual ears open to the thoughts of heaven. There should be seasons of intense, concentrated prayer and fasting with specified hours set aside for intercession, and there should be times when prayer is simply a regular part of our daily routine. A great interest has arisen in the last decade around 24-7 prayer rooms where different church members pray in hour-long blocks so that unbroken intercession is raised up for their city and our world. Other churches dedicate evenings solely to prayer and worship and gather believers to lift their voices in song and petition to the Lord. While all of these are wonderful things to do, at its essence prayer is simply conversation with God. Because we have changed passports from the kingdom of this world to the kingdom of heaven, we are members of God’s family and therefore have the right to talk with our Father anytime we want because He is not limited by time and space. Yet while it isn’t difficult to speak to Him, even as a babe in faith, it does take some maturity to discern His voice from the voice of our own thoughts, dreams, and desires. This is why, when I speak about prayer, I get more questions about hearing the voice of God than anything else.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“The beginning of effective prayer is learning to continually walk in worship, with our main goal always being to increase and experience the glory of God. Without it, we can do nothing; with it, nothing is beyond our doing.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“The reason for this is that prayer is not so much the practice of folding your hands, closing your eyes, and kneeling at the foot of your bed or in a pew as it is an attitude of constantly listening for God’s instructions as you go through the day.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matt. 6:33). God doesn’t need us to ask so that He will know what we want. He knows those needs already, so why does He require us to ask? I believe God instructs us to come to Him with our petitions so that He can infuse us with the answers. He needs us to focus on the need or desire so that He can put into us the blessings and gifts that will draw”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. —1 THESSALONIANS 5:16–18”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“the answer into existence. That, and I believe God wants us to spend time with Him so His relationship with us will grow.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Being in a continual attitude of rejoicing is the entrance into prayer. Being grateful and filled with thanksgiving is how we come out of it. Then the cycle repeats itself—immediately.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“You see, Paul’s admonishment to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17)”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshippers of God we can possibly be, as we will be through all eternity. —BROTHER LAWRENCE11”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“practicing the presence of God.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“We are called to be something before we do anything…. It’s not what we do, but it is who we are. We were chosen to be friends; we have been called to be friends of Jesus.2”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Familiarity with the Word of God is more than memorizing scriptures. The more time we spend reading the Bible, the more it permeates our beings and clarifies the voices within us. Many confuse things and divide the world of our existence into the interior and the exterior. These are the people who would say that the spirit and the soul are the same thing, but that is not true. Like the Trinity—God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—each of us is also three parts— soul, body, and spirit. How can you tell the difference between the thoughts of your own soul, which come from your mind, will, or emotions; your physical desires, hungers, and urges; and the communications of your spirit, which have ears in the spiritual realm? When a thought comes to mind, where is it coming from— God, evil, your physical urges, or your own psyche? The answer to discerning the difference between these “voices in our heads” is learned through practice and repetition, with the Bible as your personal trainer. It is the mirror into which we look and learn who we truly are. (See James 1:23–25.)”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Authority without discipline is harmful for both leaders and followers.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Planting and cultivating, tilling the soil, and preparing it for the next season are all hard work. So oftentimes, is prayer.”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God

“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil … Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. —EPHESIANS 4:25–27, 31–32”
― Cindy Trimm, The Prayer Warrior's Way: Strategies from Heaven for Intimate Communication with God