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> [Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer should end as it begins - in adoration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/prayer-is-listening-as-well-as-speaking-receiving-as-well-as-asking/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

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## More by George Arthur Buttrick

> [Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/life-is-essentially-a-series-of-events-to-be-lived-through-rather/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/intercession-is-more-than-specific-it-is-pondered-it-requires-us-to/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/prayer-is-listening-as-well-as-speaking-receiving-as-well-as-asking/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/for-a-man-to-argue-i-don-t-go-to-church-i-pray-alone-is-no-wiser-than/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/prayer-is-not-a-substitute-for-work-thinking-watching-suffering-or/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [God's providence is not in baskets lowered from the sky, but through the hands and hearts of those who love him. The lad without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/god-s-providence-is-not-in-baskets-lowered-from-the-sky-but-through/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [Faith is the response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/faith-is-the-response-of-our-spirits-to-beckonings-of-the-eternal/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/prayer-is-not-a-vain-attempt-to-change-god-s-will-it-is-a-filial/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

> [We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arthur-buttrick/we-need-deliberately-to-call-to-mind-the-joys-of-our-journey-perhaps/)

[George Arthur Buttrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arthur-buttrick/)

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