Quotes about prayer
prayer atheism answers
If the answers to prayer are merely what God wills all along, then why pray? Dan Barker
prayer children differences
All you have to do is walk into any children's hospital and you know there is no God. Prayer doesn't make any difference. Those people pray for their beloved children to live and they die.
prayer pigs praying
If a pig could pray, it would pray for swill. What do you pray for? B. C. Forbes
prayer helping-others might
If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens. Ashleigh Brilliant
prayer men giving
The only prayer which a well-meaning man can pray is, O ye gods, give me whatever is fitting unto me! Apollonius of Tyana
prayer labor knows
Labor, you know, is prayer. Bayard Taylor
prayer deeds virtuous
And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
prayer thinking sometimes
Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . . Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
prayer men long
It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often long alone with God. Austin Phelps
prayer christ intercession
We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession.
prayer praying
Are you living for the things you are praying for?
prayer mean men
Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.
prayer dark night
Some men pray only when the world is dark, as owls hoot at night.
prayer shoes knees
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
prayer lying drinking
in the cupboard sits my bottle like a dwarf waiting to scratch out my prayers. I drink and cough like some idiot at a symphony, sunlight and maddened birds are everywhere, the phone rings gamboling its sound against the odds of the crooked sea; I drink deeply and evenly now, I drink to paradise and death and the lie of love. Charles Bukowski
prayer order guarantees-that
When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems. You will notice at times that the new life isn't what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn't how I define prayer. I cannot guarantee that the orders you place with God will always be filled. Prayer is not a test of God, but a call for help to find your inner strength and talent. Bernie Siegel
prayer struggle fighting
I wish more people knew Steve Howe the way I knew him. His struggles in life were well documented, but he always tried to fight through them and I will always respect that. My thoughts and prayers go out wife Cindy and his family. Brian Cashman
prayer scream results
Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results. Brendan Behan
prayer mind magic
My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind Boyd Rice
prayer blessing today
Lord, make me a blessing to someone today Jan Karon
prayer lying believe
Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of death, deems length of life the least of nature's gifts and is able to bear any kind of sufferings, knows neither wrath nor desire and believes the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than the loves and feasts and downy cushions of Sardanapalus. Reveal what you are able to give yourself; the only path to a life of tranquility lies through virtue. Juvenal
prayer health mind
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]
prayer book men
The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book. [Lat., Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.]
prayer spring flames
At Delphi I prayed to Apollo that he maintain in me the flame of the poem and I drank of the brackish spring there.... Denise Levertov
prayer writing different
When you're really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer. I feel it in different degrees and not with every poem. But in certain ways writing is a form of prayer.
prayer writing way
In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.
prayer writing praying
I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.
prayer compassion promise
It is my prayer that patience will be a defining characteristic of we who hold the priesthood of Almighty God; that we will courageously trust the Lord's promises and His timing; that we will act toward others with the patience and compassion we seek for ourselves; and that we will continue in patience until we are perfected. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
prayer loneliness heart
. . . the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of greater importance. Let us open our eyes and see the heavy hearts, notice the loneliness and despair; let us feel the silent prayers of others around us; and let us be an instrument in the hands of the Lord to answer those prayers.
prayer fun home
We build deep and loving family relationships by doing simple things together, like family dinner and family home evening and by just having fun together. In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time. Taking time for each other is the key for harmony at home. We talk with, rather than about, each other. We learn from each other, and we appreciate our differences as well as our commonalities. We establish a divine bond with each other as we approach God together through family prayer, gospel study, and Sunday worship.
prayer answers becoming
By becoming the answer to someone's prayer, we often find the answer to our own.
prayer men voice
When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is much more likely to assist the man who gets out to push than the man who merely raises his voice in prayer—no matter how eloquent the oration.
prayer struggle love-you
Yes, God loves you this very day and always. He is not waiting to love you until you have overcome your weaknesses and bad habits. He loves you today with a full understanding of your struggles. He is aware that you reach up to Him in heartfelt and hopeful prayer. He knows of the times you have held onto the fading light and believed-even in the midst of growing darkness. He knows of your sufferings. He knows of your remorse for the times you have fallen short or failed. And still He loves you.