Quotes about prayer
prayer character giving
God is always present, always available. At whatever moment in which one turns to him the prayer is received, is heard, is authenticated, for it is God who gives our prayer its value and its character, not our interior dispositions, not our fervor, not our lucidity. The prayer which is pronounced for God and accepted by him becomes, by that very fact, a true prayer. Jacques Ellul
prayer together creation
Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of creation. It makes history possible.
prayer moments form
Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.
prayer knives want
I've got a knife and I want to talk to you I've got a prayer and I want to carve it to you I've got no chance, that's why I'm looking to you O Lord, ride with me Henry Rollins
prayer safety delay
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I came to know that I had put myself in harm's way. Every time that I have listened to the counsel of prophets, felt it confirmed in prayer, and then followed it, I have found that I moved toward safety. Henry B. Eyring
prayer father humble
Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.
prayer father simple
Heavenly Father has given a simple pattern for us to receive the Holy Ghost not once but continually in the tumult of our daily lives. The pattern is repeated in the sacramental prayer: We promise that we will always remember the Savior. We promise to take His name upon us. We promise to keep His commandments.
prayer scripture obedience
Testimony requires the nurturing by the prayer of faith, the hungering for the word of God in the scriptures, and the obedience to the truth.
prayer children father
Our Heavenly Father hears the prayers of His children across the earth pleading for food to eat, for clothes to cover their bodies, and for the dignity that would come from being able to provide for themselves. Those pleas have reached Him since He placed men and women on the earth. But always the Lord’s way to help those in temporal need requires people who out of love have consecrated themselves and what they have to God and to His work.
prayer father love-you
Heavenly Father hears your prayers, He loves you. He knows your name. He loves you beyond your ability to comprehend.
prayer night air
All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in the sunny air. Helen Hunt
prayer heart two
Prayer from the depth and prayer from the surface are two prayers. One can utter what Christ has called 'vain repetitions', just repeating the prayer; one does not fix one's mind on the meaning of the prayer. If the depth of one's heart has heard the prayer, God has heard it. Hazrat Inayat Khan
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 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 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.
prayer action vain
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
prayer mean orderliness
Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.
prayer exercise ears
Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.