Worship demands the far distances of God; it protests against the little, the near, the material. It must love but it must… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Exercise 1: Guarding the Prayer Once we are performing the five obligatory prayers with regularity, then it is certainly worth our efforts… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself. Ask and seek and you heart will grow… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“for in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“The Prayer of the Middle-Aged Man Amid the doctors in the Temple at twelve, between mother & host at Cana implored too… — John Berryman Copy Share Image
“1:128-129 IN EACH I was wondering how any living thing can be familiar with the divine without having some of that within… — Bahauddin Copy Share Image
So you can see what is happening in the New Testament. Worship is being significantly deinstitutionalized, delocalized, de-externalized. The whole thrust is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Prayer is asking for rain. Faith is carrying an umbrella. Faith is the inner sense of knowing that with divine order working… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
The bells themselves are the best of preachers, Their brazen lips are learned teachers, From their pulpits of stone, in the upper… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Informality—prepared and practiced informality, not ramshackle casualness—is a keynote of contemporary worship, and worship blossoms when worship space matches worship style.” — Brian A. Wren Copy Share Image
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“Superficially, Edit and Pray seems like “working with care,” a very professional thing to do. The “care” that you take is right… — Michael C. Feathers Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the power of prayer! There is nothing that is impossible to God. Our Lord can heal the sick and work… — Kimberly McRae Copy Share Image
“Beloved, we join hands here to pray for gin. An aridity defiles us. Our innards thirst for the juice of juniper. Something… — Wallace Thurman Copy Share Image
“Followers of Jesus stake their claim on the firm belief that God will one day heal the planet of pain and death.… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We have confused God with Santa Claus. And we believe that prayer means making a list of everything you don't have but… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Too often the word 'prayer' induces guilt because we don't do enough of it. After all, I've never met anyone who said… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
“Last week, our picture window Produced a half-word, Heavy and hollow, Hit by a brown bird. We stood and watched her gape… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can… — James D. Houston Copy Share Image
We prepare the ground for our prayer when we shed something which is not Christ's, which is unworthy of him, and only… — Anthony of Sourozh Copy Share Image
God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Buddha is the crown jewel of the Indian nation which accepts all ways of worship of all religions. This quality of Hinduism… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“His constant, despairing prayer was to be let alone. By the blue waters and rustling palms of his own mind he was… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Often people request prayers for deliverance, inner healing, or physical healing. But more frequently they simply want a man or woman to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Give a man with a death wish a bottle of whisky and a loaded gun, you get a dead body. Give a… — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
“There is no difference between the sea and the waves When a wave swells, it is made of water When it breaks… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection… — Salvador Bernal Copy Share Image
“- Please God, Yahweh, Aslan, Buddha or whatever name you prefer, it's me, Penelope. I know we've never talked before probably because,… — Eve Langlais Copy Share Image
Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
In the domain of painting and statuary, the present-day credo of the worldly wise, especially in France, is this: ... I believe… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I believe in the efficacy of prayer and I have a deep and sorrowful sympathy for one who is without faith. I… — Loretta Young Copy Share Image
A thought that's imbued with the power of emotion produces the feeling that brings it to life. When this happens, we've created… — Gregg Braden Copy Share Image
The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
