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We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we…

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And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and there will…
Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is…
Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.
Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system…
The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of…
The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.
When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of…
People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or…
Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep…
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the…
The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's…
We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another…

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Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God,… — Oswald Chambers
All that God is, and all that God has, is at the disposal of prayer. Prayer can do anything that God can… — Reuben Archer Torrey
Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by… — Alexander Whyte
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the… — Ephrem the Syrian
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will… — Oswald Chambers
It can happen that when we are at prayer some brothers come to see us. Then we have to choose either to… — John Climacus
The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer -- prayer for those whose lives… — George W. Bush
Heavenly citizenship and heavenly homesickness are in prayer. Prayer is an appeal from the lowness, from the emptiness, from the need of… — Edward McKendree Bounds
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the… — Walter Brueggemann
Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world… — Chuck Smith
Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so… — Charles Spurgeon
The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open… — Amit Ray

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