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Prayer Quotes by Richard J. Foster
- Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath,"…
- Prayer involves transformed passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after Him: to desire the things He desires, to love the…
- 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 hateful, loving and…
- If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us…
- Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.
- Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.
- The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this…
- Countless people pray far more than they know. Often they have such a "stained-glass" image of prayer that they fail to recognize what they are…
- Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
- Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. To pray is to change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian life than prayer.…
- And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on…
- ..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.
More Prayer Quotes
- Never pray for justice, because you might get some. — Margaret Atwood
- In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
- A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. — Teresa of Avila
- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila