Quotes about prayer
prayer knowing people
God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls. Yehuda Berg
prayer rain blessing
Our good nature and endearing qualities will not arouse the answers to our prayers. Rather it is our mischievous, dishonest attributes that provide the master keys to heaven. When we identify and work to transform our self-centered qualities and crooked characteristics, the key turns and the gates unlock. Blessings and good fortune are now free to rain down upon us. Yehuda Berg
prayer mirrors light
Lord, make my life A window for Your light To shine through And a mirror to reflect Your love To all I meet. Amen. Robert H. Schuller
prayer laughter real
Come to me. Are you lost? I can see another way from where I live. The heart can see a path that's out of sight to the head-a path you'll surely overlook, left alone on your lofty perch up there, too distracted by your world to see the real world where I live. I live on the level of laughter, tears, and-yes-prayer. Robert H. Schuller
prayer patriotic pride
For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride at what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth. Richard M. Nixon
prayer people flags
A flag doesn't cause someone to sit in a prayer meeting for an hour, and then stand up and shoot people. Rich Lowry
prayer grace
Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence. Rich Mullins
prayer understanding doe
We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom. Rich Mullins
prayer yoga practice
You can set your intention to better understand your soul, your spirit, through daily practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, etc. Rob Bell
prayer reading lasts
Reading is the last act of secular prayer. Richard Powers
prayer heart grace-and-mercy
Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens. Richard Rohr
prayer eye judging
Prayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in its present wholeness and unwholeness. That is what is meant by contemplation. Richard Rohr
prayer night praying
I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer. Tahar Ben Jelloun
prayer scary almighty
All the Ten Commandments and prayer is an acknowledgement of the Almighty God. We will not back down from that. Roy Moore
prayer scary would-be
I consider it my duty to acknowledge God. To take down the Ten Commandments and to stop holding prayer would be a violation of that duty. I will not take down the Ten Commandments and I will not stop holding prayer. Roy Moore
prayer scary united-states
I feel that I'm sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Alabama, and those constitutions are founded upon a fundamental belief in God ... my display of the Ten Commandments and prayer before sessions are simply acknowledgments of God. Roy Moore
prayer heart house
I am in the House of Mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer. Rumi
prayer
No prayer is complete without presence. Rumi
prayer soul mist
Prayer clears the mist and brings back peace to the Soul . . . Rumi
prayer heart sky
I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had, and lift you like a prayer to the sky. Rumi
prayer ifs
If you only say one prayer in a day make it Thank You. Rumi
prayer heart eye
I am bewildered by the magnificence of your beauty; and wish to see you with a hundred eyes . . . I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer. Rumi
prayer long-ago knowing
The Divine was beyond description, beyond knowing, beyond comprehension. To say that the Divine was Creation divided by Destruction was as close as one could come to definition. But the puny of soul, the dull of wit, weren't content with that. They wanted to hang a face on the Divine. They went so far as to attribute petty human emotions (anger, jealousy, etc) to it, not stopping to realize that if God were a being, even a supreme being, our prayers would have bored him to death long ago. Tom Robbins
prayer wall thinking
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls against temptation, why not get better at fulfilling desire? Salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as the superb. Tom Robbins
prayer mean lessons
Once all the Germans were warlike and mean But that couldn't happen again We taught them a lesson in nineteen eighteen And they've hardly bothered us since then Tom Lehrer
prayer charity causes
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. Steve Earle
prayer real feelings
Outpouring of affection for God, of resting in his presence, of good feelings towards everyone and sentiments and prayers like theseare suspect if they do not express themselves in practical love which has real effects. St. Vincent
prayer medicine mind
It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer.... Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity. St. Vincent
prayer saint slumber
To saints their very slumber is a prayer. St. Jerome
prayer inspiration men
I am a man of prayer and meditation. I feel inspiration is of paramount importance. If I can inspire someone, and if that person also can inspire me, then we can do many good things for the betterment of this world. Sri Chinmoy
prayer people meditation
What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I hope that by doing this I will be able to inspire many people to pray and meditate sincerely as part of their regular daily routine. my message is that if one needs strength, then uncovering one's inner strength through prayer and meditation is the fastest and most effective way to get it. Sri Chinmoy
prayer meditation secret
Prayer and meditation are my inner secret and my outer secret. My muscles are next to nothing compared to the muscles of the professional bodybuilders and weightlifters. It is because of the strength of my prayer-life and meditation-life that I am able to accomplish these feats of strength. Sri Chinmoy
prayer process enjoy
My prayer is to learn new things, imbibe fresh insights. You must not take life too seriously. You must enjoy the process of living. Sonu Nigam