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There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is…

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Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.
Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him.…
Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques…
In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is…
Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit…
Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying,…
Prayer involves transformed passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after Him: to desire the things He desires,…
Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul.
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and…
God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from…
If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.

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When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in… — Lewis Mumford
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet… — Jack Handey
There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence… — Richard J. Foster
To call oneself a libertarian marxist today is not to look backwards but to be committed to the future. The libertarian marxist… — Daniel Guerin
Some taxpayers close their eyes, some stop their ears, some shut their mouths, but all pay through the nose. — Evan Esar
People have been starving for intellectual fodder, but the best way to get people to close their eyes and not say anything… — Kamasi Washington
Love is blind, friends close their eyes — Friedrich Nietzsche
two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes — Haruki Murakami
When I have run out of words to copy, I look out the window at this strange place called India. Inside the… — Patricia McCormick
Watching Italians eat (especially men, I have to say) is a form of tourism the books don't tell you about. They close… — Barbara Kingsolver
Bleak, dark, and piercing cold, it was a night for the well-housed and fed to draw round the bright fire, and thank… — Charles Dickens
For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they… — Patrick SÃ¼skind

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