Quotes about pray
prayer decision may
Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision. George W. Romney
praying unification stability
I ask Liberians to pray so that God will bring peace and stability, and bring about unification to ourselves. George Weah
prayer blessed able
There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish. George Washington Carver
prayer order giving
All my life I have risen regularly at four o'clock and have gone into the woods and talked to God. There He gives me my orders for the day.
prayer attitude animal
My prayers seem to be more of an attitude than anything else. I indulge in very little lip service, but ask the Great Creator silently, daily, and often many times a day, to permit me to speak to Him through the three great Kingdoms of the world which He has created - the animal, mineral, and vegetable Kingdoms - to understand their relations to each other, and our relations to them and to the Great God who made all of us. I ask Him daily and often momently to give me wisdom, understanding, and bodily strength to do His will; hence I am asking and receiving all the time.
prayer heart government
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large. George Washington
prayer united-states protection
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection...
prayer blessed humble
I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that He would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
prayer real believe
Reading is a form of prayer, a guided meditation that briefly makes us believe we're someone else, disrupting the delusion that we're permanent and at the center of the universe. Suddenly (we're saved!) other people are real again, and we're fond of them. George Saunders
prayer people effort
Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. George Santayana
prayer effort substitutes
Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.
prayer mistake heart
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. George Muller
prayer giving-up reading
It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer.
prayer meditation use
Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.
prayer done overcoming
The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.
prayer reading heart
Now what is food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and here again, not the simple reading of the Word of God, so that it only passes through our minds, just as water passes through a pipe, but considering what we read, pondering it over and applying it to our hearts.
prayer believe names
I believe God has heard my prayers. He will make it manifest in His own good time that He has heard me. I have recorded my petitions that when God has answered them, His name will be glorified.
prayer believe blessing
It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must patiently, believingly, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer; and further we have not only to continue in prayer unto the end, but we have also to believe that God does hear us, and will answer our prayers. Most frequently we fail in not continuing in prayer until the blessing is obtained, and in not expecting the blessing.
prayer order bored
In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to continue praying; for the less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
prayer forever memorial
A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are. George Meredith
prayer heart heaven
Could I find a place to be alone with heaven, I would speak my heart out heaven is my need.
prayer passion soul
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.
prayer men praying-to-god
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
prayer giving feelings
Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it, which will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that prayer is an education. Fyodor Dostoevsky
prayer proof walking
I am walking proof of the power of prayer. Fabrice Muamba
praying casualties i-pray
Obviously, I pray every day there's less casualty. George W. Bush
praying my-family
Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray for.
prayer journey sorrow
Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.
prayer party abortion
I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask your prayers for leaders from both parties. I thank you for your prayers for me and my family, and I ask you to pray for Vice President Gore and his family.
prayer america people
America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.
prayer soul solitude
Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent prayers in times of trial. Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans.
prayer humor political
We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer.
prayer humor political
On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.