“When Christianity proscribed the public exercise of the ancient worships, the partisans of the latter were compelled to meet in secret for… — Éliphas Lévi Copy Share Image
It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there.… — John Henry Jowett Copy Share Image
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
“Dear God, thank you for all that you have given me. For my family, for my job. For our beautiful home. For… — Joan Ball Copy Share Image
“God calls for worship that involves our whole being. The body, mind, spirit, and emotions should all be laid on the altar… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Why do you pray?" he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Prayer simply means a longing of the heart, it is the wish felt, - it may be expressed, or not expressed. It… — Keshub Chandra Sen Copy Share Image
That holy, humble, meek, modest, retiring Form, sometimes called the Spirit of Prayer, has been dragged from the closet, and so rudely… — Asahel Nettleton Copy Share Image
“Prayer is not meant to always give us the answers we want. It is not the resting place upon which the scales… — Elizabeth D. Marie Copy Share Image
“How to be a Poet (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“there is no prayer half as genuine as that which comes up from the depths of the soul as the result of… — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Copy Share Image
But it is daily tasks, daily acts of love and worship that serve to remind us that the religion is not strictly… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“Christianity is more than just a belief; it is a life of discipline, a firm determination to live a life of prayer… — Ramon M. Torres Copy Share Image
“Why do gods always like to be worshipped in high places?” Kaz muttered. “It’s men who seek grandeur,” Inej said, springing nimbly… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
If a god showed up every time you put a quarter in the prayer slot it wouldn't be God, it would be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is an otherness inside us We never touch, no matter how far down our hands reach. It is the past, with… — Charles Wright Copy Share Image
If you ask Zen people they will say; tea is not something that you pour with unawareness and drink like any other… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
At best, I consider flying an unavoidable necessity, a time to resurrect forgotten prayers and contemplate the end of all joy in… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, Or sent… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have… — Bible Copy Share Image
When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his… — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
I love me some Granny Cindy. She's the staple in my spirituality. She's always the one like, 'Ask God for what you… — Jalen Hurts Copy Share Image
She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Paul speaks at one point of Christians as “God’s poem,” God’s “artwork.” We are his “workmanship,” say some of the translations of… — Wright, N. T Copy Share Image
“9Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is difficult, even now, for the Western mind to understand the complexities and subtleties of an Eastern-mind heart. The puzzle piece… — Nischala Joy Devi Copy Share Image
Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
“As a prayer popper, I stay in touch with God. I send lots of spiritual postcards. Little bits and bytes of adoration,… — Sybil MacBeth Copy Share Image
“Prayer, meditation, and confession actually have the power to rewire the brain in a way that can make us less self-referential and… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Why pray for the Kingdom of God to come unless you have in your heart a desire and a willingness to aid… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Eventually I took a square of white chocolate out of the box, and unwrapped it, and then I did something I had… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in the first hours of the night; surely good deeds… — Quran Copy Share Image
Now what is food for the inner man? Not prayer, but the Word of God; and here again, not the simple reading… — George Muller Copy Share Image
“Together, on his back porch, his cigarette smoke rising like incense to the heavens, we spoke to the God of grace we… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“No disaster or tragedy can happen to you if you decide to pray. Nothing is predetermined or foreordained. Your mental attitude, i.e.,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The minister’s leadership of the congregation in its mission to the world will be first and foremost in the area of his… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The lessons required to stand tall are ALWAYS taught while falling down. Falling for 1000th time, is no more than the required… — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image