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“When we westerners pray we join our hands, close our eyes, kneel, hunch up and put our hands over our faces to close up our bodies. Our God is inside us, his universe inside our heads. When Orthodo...”
“The secret of the answered prayer is not in its artistry, nor shouts either…”
“It’s not possible for a person who has one to one fellowship with God, someone who breaks through in prayer and who knows how to wait for God not to have open success. It’s just not possible!”
“4. If you don’t know the Word of God concerning your problem, then worship Him.”
“The person who prays and who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the word he desires to worship (in order to be more single-mindedly at the word’s disposal) will select with great care basic wo...”
“The power of prayer is beyond the understanding of man”
“When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet.”
“Poem from Rev. Jim Cotter, as listed on the opening pages of “Anatomy of the Spirit” by Caroline Myss:~ God be in my head and in my understanding. God be in my eyes and in my looking. God be in my ...”
“Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. It is like a bird that has blundered down the flue and is caught indoors and...”
“But now I understood that, although words were God's first creation, silence was closer to His divine spirit, and that prayers given in silence were infinitely greater than the thousands of words m...”
“Oh Lord of melons, of mercy, though I am not ready, nor worthy, I am climbing towards you.”
“Why is it that we feel bad when “all” we can do for a person is pray for them? We feel like we need to work to help, but remember: prayer is the work.”
“Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.”
“When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all like that. Ast ‘Hep us not be scared, hep us n...”
“Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support.”
“The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for’, as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice o...”
“Repeat to yourself every day and as often as you can: ‘O Lord, have mercy on all those who will appear before You today.’ For every hour, every second, thousands of men leave this world and their s...”
“To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress.”
“Pray v: to ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.”
“'Mr. President I am praying for you. 'Which way Senator?'”
