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Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.
The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."
The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'
All the Ten Commandments and prayer is an acknowledgement of the Almighty God. We will not back down from that.
One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.
I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.
My prayer to the Lord every day, is this-I have been a great sinner. I do not deserve Heaven. Let me stay here.
Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.
Why is it that when we talk to God, it's called 'prayer,' but when God speaks to us, it's called schizophrenia?
A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.
We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God.
I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.
Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn't pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.
We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth.
A prayer may chance to rise From one whose heart lives in the grace of God. A prayer from any other is unheeded.
Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.
If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.
When a majority of my prayers are for others to change, I've gotten off track. Lord, change this sinner's heart.
It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.
The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All many be well.
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.
Blessings are the spiritual equivalent of breathing in, and prayer is the spiritual equivalent of breathing out.
We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.
Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.
The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.
Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts.
The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.
There seems to be a human instinct for prayer. Swiss theologian Karl Barth calls it our 'incurable God-sickness.'
For, "Yes," he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.
Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence.
I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.
Blasphemy and prayer are one. Both assert the existence of a superior power. The first, however, with conviction.
Focus on the moment, not when you are praying with your intellect, but when you are fully experiencing the prayer
The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart.
For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
You may pray for an hour and still not pray. You may meet God for a moment and then be in touch with Him all day.
Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me.
God listens to our weeping when the occasion itself is beyond our knowledge, but still within His love and power.
Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an entrance. Prayer To A Pregnant Woman
To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.