Teach Us to Pray Quotes

“John’s line, “A man can receive nothing unless it’s been given to him from heaven,” is the most freeing statement for any leader in any sphere anywhere. Why? Because, if you can say that out of conviction, then you understand there is no person, there is no devil, there is no one and nothing that can take anything from you if God has ordained for you to have it. John understood this.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“In one verse, we are given a rare glimpse into the soul of Jesus Christ. We read, “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd” (Matt. 9:36).”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“The wilderness is the furnace of transformation. It’s the context by which God causes all the dross, all the culture, and all its stuff to surface. We get delivered from the masks and the illusions, and we begin to see correctly.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“God, make me a voice in this generation. God, make me a shepherd after Your own heart. I want to know You for real. I want to burn with Your holy fire. I want to feel what You feel, see how You see, and move like You move. I open my heart to You. Release upon me the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of Your Son. Set my heart on fire. Lord, make my life a life of prayer. Amen.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“I don’t want to be an echo. I want to be a voice.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“We only unify with that which we submit to. We only unify with the Holy Spirit to the degree that we submit to the Holy Spirit.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“We need a new breed of people, who like Mary, refuse to worship the god of busyness. They refuse to worship the god of distraction. These people are courageous in that they refuse to miss the moment, so they choose to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“In the simplest terms”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“Prayer is about walking through opened doors and opening closed doors.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“We must ask ourselves: ■ What do I think of when I think of God? ■ Who do I think I’m talking to when I pray? ■ What’s God like? ■ How does God feel?”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“We need leaders who pray more than talk. We need leaders who have learned the lost art of waiting on God and making ministry to Him their first ministry.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“we need men and women who have built their lives around gazing and beholding the burning God and are thereby set aflame.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“Before God does anything through His messengers, He must first do it in His messengers. He must first bring us to the wilderness. It’s here where He starves out all of the other voices of identity, success, and greatness by continually declaring His love, beauty, and affection over us until we believe Him. The ones who receive this from Him will declare it. These will cry out, preparing the way of the Lord.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“A sermon born in the head reaches the head; a sermon born in the heart reaches the heart.”3”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth

“God honors the words of His servants to the same degree that His servants honor His words.”
― Corey Russell, Teach Us to Pray: Prayer That Accesses Heaven and Changes Earth