Desire Quote by Thomas a Kempis

“Let thy pure act be thy prayer.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Let your pure act be thy prayer.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Thy shall not envy any person. Each person has his or her unique calling and divine purpose to fulfill. Follow your own path.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“In true obedience there should be no ‘I want this or that to happen’ or ‘I want this or that thing’ but only a…

— Meister Eckhart

“Prayer is abandoning hope of independent capability and believing that in Christ you’re given everything you need for life and godliness.”

— Paul David Tripp

“Pray only thus: Our Father, without beginning and without end, like the heavens! May Thy being alone be holy. May power be Thine alone,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“But we Christians may ask our Father for all that we need. Only, let our desires be restrained, and our prayers unselfish. The personal…

— David M. McIntyre

“God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and the fire…

— C. John Miller

“Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all.”

— Khalil Gibran

“This worldly life is truly selfish. Where there is no selfishness, there Parmatma (the Lord) is to be found without fail. God remains aloof…

— Dada Bhagwan

“When it comes to misfortune, we are all selfish at heart, offering up the same prayers: not me, not mine. Not yet.”

— Simon Beckett

“Jesus designed the Lord's prayer to reveal His desire to give us more fully, graciously, and suitably the very things we most want but…

— Bryan Chapell