Quotes about prayer
prayer father thinking
The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject. Origen
prayer angel watches
When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.
prayer voice use
The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.
prayer giving office
My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction. Oliver Cromwell
prayer sunday loss
To us, from the beginning, Nature has been but a poor plastic thing, to be toyed with this way or that, as man happens to please his deity or not; to go to church or not; to say his prayers right or not; to travel on a Sunday or not.Was it possible for us in an instant to see Nature as she is-the flowing vestment of an unchanging reality? Olive Schreiner
prayer blessed asks
There is no prayer so blessed as the prayer which asks for nothing. O. J. Simpson
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
prayer life-changing miracle
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle. Melody Beattie
prayer miracle praying
I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results. Martha Reeves
prayer moving heart
Sometimes prayer moves the hand of God, and sometimes prayer changes the heart of the person who is praying. Mark Driscoll
prayer heart men
He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands. Theodore Parker
prayer heart world
Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
prayer heart important
It's more important to put the own heart in the prayer than to put other's words with nothing of the own heart.
prayer names people
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on. Mandy Patinkin
prayer soul satyagraha
Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.
prayer healing sick
The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.
prayer mean unity
A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.
prayer praying advent
Let us, by praying, purify ourselves and we shall not only remove untouchability but shall also hasten the advent of Swaraj.
prayer bird may
Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.
prayer buddhism long
Buddhism in one long prayer.
prayer self denial
A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.
prayer men divine
A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
prayer has-beens
Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.
prayer long-ago should-have
Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.
prayer divinity want
The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.
prayer heart rely-upon
My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.
prayer honorable nations
My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
prayer heart lips
Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.
prayer lying noise
Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
prayer prelude inaction
True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.
prayer essentials scripture
A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.