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“Lord if any have to die this day let it be me for I am ready.”
“Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions demanded by work become easier and simpler where they are made not in the ...”
“God hears no more than the heart speaks and if the heart be dumb God will certainly be dumb.”
“The man who says his prayers in the evening is a captain posting his sentries. After that he can sleep.”
“I did this night promise my wife never to go to bed without calling upon God upon my knees in prayer.”
“Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie-I found that out.”
“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.”
“Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God.”
“There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.”
“Many pray with their lips for that for which their hearts have no desire.”
“Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer he has already tried every other means of escape.”
“God may turn his ears from prattling prayers or preaching prayers but never from penitent believing prayers.”
“When life knocks you to your knees and it will why get up! If it knocks you to your knees again as it will well isn't that the best position from which to pray?”
“Now I am past all comforts here but prayer.”
“Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag the other to pray.”
“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.”
“"Oh God if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once." It is the commonest prayer in all languages.”
“I pray like a robber asking alms at the door of a farmhouse to which he is ready to set fire.”
“If you are swept off your feet it's time to get on your knees.”
“When I am weak then am I strong.”
