Quotes about prayer
prayer coincidence reaching
All prayers and hopes are a reaching-out for coincidences. Eric Hoffer
prayer fear ghouls
I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. Louis MacNeice
prayer humanity machines
I am not yet born; O fill me With strength against those who would freeze my humanity, would dragoon me into a lethal automaton would make me a cog in a machine, a thing with one face, a thing
prayer break-through discipline
The disciplines of prayer, silence, and contemplation as practiced by the monastics and mystics are precisely that - stopping the noise, slowing down, and becoming still so that God can break through all our activity and noise to speak to us. Prayer serves to put all parts of our lives in God's presence, reminding us how holy our humanity really is. Jim Wallis
prayer miracle wake-up
And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned, Lupita Nyong'o
prayer hands feet
Prayer may be elevating if combined with work, and they who labor with head, hands or feet have faith and are generally quite sure of an immediate and favorable reply. Luther Burbank
prayer believe
I do believe in the power of prayer. Geraldine Ferraro
prayer office kind
My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.
prayer mean men
To lift up the hands in prayer gives God glory, but a man with a dungfork in his hand, a woman with a slop pail, give Him glory, too. God is so great that all things give Him glory if you mean that they should. Gerard Manley Hopkins
prayer teaching school
I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church. J. Michael Straczynski
prayer done ready
When prayers are done, my Lady is ready. George Herbert
prayer believe mean
When I pray, I pray believing that God will speak to me and give me an answer to that prayer. That's what a calling is. If I pray, a calling means that I feel like I have a sense from God. Michele Bachmann
prayer minnesota introducing
And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.
prayer eye numbers
The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life isn't to make you number one in the world's eyes but to make Him number one in your life. Ravi Zacharias
prayer distance thinking
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
prayer years vision
And you suddenly know: It was here! You pull yourself together, and there stands an irrevocable year of anguish and vision and prayer. Rainer Maria Rilke
prayer school our-society
Perhaps there was a correlation between taking prayer and Bible study out of schools, and what has happened in our society.
prayer pregnancy reading
In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school, and taking bible reading out of school. But you know, if you look at the statistics, two very critical things happened after that date. Number one: teen pregnancy skyrocketed. Number two: violent crime skyrocketed.
prayer believe heart
Are you asking me if there is a god?' he said, still in that soft voice. 'All I can say is, I believe there is. I feel him when I sing. He has responded to my prayers countless times. He guides my actions and he dwells in my heart. I know he is there. Sharon Shinn
prayer journey sorrow
Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead. George W. Bush
prayer party abortion
I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask your prayers for leaders from both parties. I thank you for your prayers for me and my family, and I ask you to pray for Vice President Gore and his family.
prayer america people
America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.
prayer soul solitude
Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent prayers in times of trial. Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans.
prayer humor political
We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer.
prayer humor political
On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.
prayer humor night
There are prayers that help us last through the day, or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers, that give us strength for the journey. And there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own...
prayer humor home
God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own. Yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our homes or in this great cathedral, are known and heard, and understood.
prayer humor appreciate
I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.
prayer children grieving
Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."
prayer able done
Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able. George R. R. Martin
prayer believe sorrow
I say things that can be defined as prayers. But I don't pray to a power or ask an entity to intercede in the earthly scheme, because I don't believe that happens. But if I see a really unfortunate person in the street, I do pray, yes, though I suppose it's really more like a mantra to ease my own sorrow. George Carlin
prayer war president
President George Bush declared a National Day of Prayer for Peace. This was after he had carefully arranged and started the war.
prayer fire
When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over. George Carey