Quotes About Community

Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .

You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about.

Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.

When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their lives with others.

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.

The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer - prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them.

We cannot all ARGUE, but we can all PRAY; We cannot all be LEADERS, but we can all be PLEADERS; We cannot all be mighty in RHETORIC, but we can all be prevalent in PRAYER.

Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.

The World will go limping until Christ's prayer that all may be one is answered.

Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes.

Each person's prayers can help everyone.

Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.

Today there are more Muslims at prayer on Fridays in Britain, France, or Germany than there are Christians at mass or liturgy in those countries on Sundays.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy.

I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself.

I am used to praying when I am alone thank God. But when I come together with other people when I need more than ever to pray I still cannot get used to it.

Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone with him who alone can deliver us from solitude.

When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet.

Some churches make intercessory prayer part of their weekly schedule. If that's not the case at your church, find another person in the faith to intercede with or go before God on your own.

If we do not love one another we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.