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“There is no need to get to a place of prayer pray wherever you are.”
“No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.”
“Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if an inquest could be secured on this dire spiritua...”
“Of all things guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.”
“When it becomes clear to us that prayer is a part of our daily program of work it will also become clear to us that we must arrange our daily program in such a way that there is time also for this...”
“I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.”
“While others still slept He went away to pray and to renew His strength in communion with His Father. He had need of this otherwise He would not have been ready for the new day. The holy work of ...”
“Prayer to the patriarchs and prophets was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart.”
“And in the morning rising up a great while before day he went out and departed into a solitary place and there prayed.”
“Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in you will work on a wrong level all day b...”
“It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning.”
“Without the incense of heartfelt prayer even the greatest of cathedrals is dead.”
“The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.”
“Follow your own way of speaking to our Lord sincerely lovingly confidently and simply as your heart dictates.”
“Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning.”
“Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy falsehood and deceit.”
“In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee.”
“If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.”
“I feel it is far better to begin with God to see His face first to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging i...”
“The Lord's Prayer may be committed to memory quickly but it is slowly learnt by heart.”
