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I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. Follow-up is the answer to a bureaucrat's prayers.
One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer.
[The notion of separating church and state with such policies as disallowing prayer in public schools] is a deception from Satan.
Prayer does not mean asking God for all kinds of things we want, it is rather the desire for God Himself, the only Giver of Life.
If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.
My father was a Social Gospel, far-left liberal, and to some degree a mystic. But we did not have Bible readings; we had prayers.
Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action.
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.
The prayer of faith is the only kind that is real prayer, and it is trust in God with full acknowledgment of God's power and love.
Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.
It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.
I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer.
Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the contagion of evil.
Without faith there can be no prayer, no matter how great our helplessness may be. Helplessness united with faith produces prayer.
Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
Know how to 'cling' to him in prayer, and then you will see the face of Christ more clearly in those whom you are called to serve.
I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers.
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.
Saints of the early church reaped great harvests in the field of prayer and found the mercy seat to be a mine of untold treasures.
There will come into every life moments of despair and the need for direction from a divine source-even an unspoken plea for help.
In prayer the soul comes nearest the experience of absolute love: in belief it ascends by means of symbols towards absolute truth.
It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.
Journey to the end of day, Come the fire-fly, Come the moon; Say a prayer for God's good grace And sleep with lore upon your face.
The answer to your prayer is not according to your faith while you are talking, but according to your faith while you are working.
I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides.
You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.
A walk in nature is a perfect backdrop to combine exercise, prayer, and meditation while enhancing the benefit of these activities.
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.
Trouble and prayer are closely related. Trouble often drives men to God in prayer, while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble.
My prayer is that people will not being ashamed to know that confession is not the end of the world and it actually brings healing.
Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.
The greatest answer to prayer is that I am brought into a perfect understanding with God, and that alters my view of actual things.
At the heart of silence is prayer. At the heart of prayer is faith. At the heart of faith is life. At the heart of life is service.
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.
I'm all for teaching creation and allowing prayers in schools, as soon as scholars begin teaching Darwinism and geometry in church.
The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.
Prayer is hard work. We may neglect it because we're too tired, too busy, or too distracted to put into prayer the effort required.
When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books.
The only things that really need to be accomplished in the home are daily scripture study and prayer and weekly family home evening.
I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.
He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.