Quotes about prayer
prayer heart america
Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers. John Quincy Adams
prayer hatred temptation
Temptation gains power where we see it prevail in others we know and we express neither shock or hatred of them and their ways nor pity and prayer for their deliverance. John Owen
prayer christ-on-the-cross temptation
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them," to tempt Him withal, He did not stand and look upon them, viewing their glory, and pondering their empire.... but instantly, without stay, He cries, "Get thee hence, Satan." Meet thy temptation in its entrance with thoughts of faith concerning Christ on the cross; this will make it sink before thee. Entertain no parley, no dispute with it, if thou wouldst not enter into it.
prayer lying heart
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul, and keep my heart and all its ways so that I will not be entangled." When this is true in our lives, a passing temptation will not overcome us. We will remain free while others lie in bondage.
prayer world bears
If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.
prayer praying endeavor
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
prayer blessing bread
We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.
prayer secret mouths
A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.
prayer temptation ifs
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.
prayer mind may
But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n So prevalent as to concern the mind Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will, Hard to belief may seem; yet this will prayer. John Milton
prayer wind bidding
If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to his great bidding I submit.
prayer justice pace
Justice divine Mends not her slowest pace for prayers or cries.
prayer cry incessant
And if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries.
prayer real competition
Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer? Norah Vincent
prayer giving important
But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future. Mitch Albom
prayer children tree
What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking up at God.
prayer rap men
'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens. Miguel de Cervantes
prayer odds waiting
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them. That is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself. In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better. Mark Twain
prayer heart meditation
Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours. Marianne Williamson
prayer light darkness
With every prayer and every thought of love, we release the light that will cast out darkness. One light alone seems small and weak, but no one's light is ever alone, for all our lights are part of God.
prayer powerful healing
To appeal to God is to appeal to the action of universal love. Love never fails to come when we call to it, but it will always seem to fail us when our bidding is self-centered. The most powerful prayers are simply for God's will to be done, because God's will is healing for all living things.
prayer creative miracle
First there was the word. A Course in Miracles says that prayer is the "medium of miracles." It's the realm of thought where we are aligned with the thought of God and therefore in a co- creative mode. It's where we surrender our minds to His mind and become empowered.
prayer heart insane-world
The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow ourselves to be still and know Him. In that silence, we are changed. We are calmed. We are illumined. Prayer is meant to dissolve the worldly focus, to dissolve our sense of a separate self, to help us detach from an insane world order. We pray that He might flood our minds. Prayer is like pouring hot water on an ice cube, melting the cold and encrusted thought forms that still surround our hearts.
prayer purpose sacred
The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.
prayer force-fields meditation
So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation.
prayer mind purpose
The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.
prayer world
Prayer enables us to transform the world because it transforms us.
prayer pain psychics
No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world.
prayer reading practice
Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.
prayer believe meditation
I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.
prayer air care
I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer. Mary Karr
prayer speech sacred
In my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said.
prayer hands people
There is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don’t want to accept. The power of the prayer comes from it's insight into human nature. Because so many of us rage against the hand that life has dealt us. Because so many of us are cowardly. And afraid to stand up for what is right. Because so many of us give into despair when faced with an impossible choice. The good news for those who utter these words is that God will hear you and answer your prayer. The bad news is that sometimes the answer is no. Mary Alice