Prayer
Quotes - The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through
silent Prayer
“Go
where your best prayers take you.”
―
Frederick Buechner
“I
prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with
my legs.”
―
Frederick Douglass, Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
“For
the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes
to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.”
―
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“Lord,
when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to
remember that everything I do is significant and important in your eyes,
because you love me and you put me here, and no one else can do what I am doing
in exactly the way I do it.”
―
Brennan Manning, Souvenirs of Solitude: Finding Rest in Abba's Embrace
“We
have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.”
―
Oswald Chambers
“Many
people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems.
Some
people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.”
―
Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
“He
who kneels the most, stands the best.”
―
D.L. Moody
“And
here's something else, another problem you might have: Suppose your prayers
aren't answered. What do you say? "Well, it's God's will." "Thy
Will Be Done." Fine, but if it's God's will, and He's going to do what He
wants to anyway, why the fuck bother praying in the first place? Seems like a
big waste of time to me! Couldn't you just skip the praying part and go right
to His Will? It's all very confusing.”
―
George Carlin
“God
will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always
get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments,
but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in
good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive.”
―
Fanny J. Crosby
“the
real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice
that says good things about me.
To
gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to
trust that I will hear the voice of blessing-- that demands real effort. ”
―
Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
“Your
prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.”
―
Craig Groeschel
“...the
three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”
―
Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
“The
inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we
have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing.
The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I
started praying regularly.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Pray
for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”
―
Mother Jones
“Perfect
prayer does not consist in many words, silent remembering and pure intention
raises the heart to that supreme Power.”
―
Amit Ray, Om Chanting and Meditation
“I
look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling
lanterns of light to cure me of myself — my past and the kaleidoscope of
mistakes, failures and wrong turns that have stacked unbearable regret upon my
shoulders.”
―
Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
“The
common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd
listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.”
―
Criss Jami, Killosophy
“We
never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get
us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be
ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.”
―
Corrie ten Boom
“A
totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which
may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that I be forgiven for
anything I may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something
else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which I may be eligible
after the destruction of my body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be
granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure said
benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between
yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in
the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of
this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.”
―
Roger Zelazny, Creatures of Light and Darkness
“The
easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer.
Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule
of prayer. Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the centre of
your heart filled with love.”
―
Amit Ray, Om Chanting and Meditation
