Quotes About Prayer

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

When I'm really stressed out, I go to church. I light candles and sit and pray. And I'll ask myself, What's the lesson? Why am I going through this? There's got to be a reason I'm here. What am I supposed to learn?

I always meditate before every show. I say a prayer with my crew and my band to get in the mode, and I also stretch because it's a very athletic show. We've got to entertain; it's what we do.

My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing.

If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

I meditate a lot and pray for guidance. If, in a moment of self-contemplation or meditation, I were to feel very strongly that I shouldn't be an entertainer anymore, that I should be doing something else, I would stop immediately.

I pray in my own way, not regularly, and I wouldn't say structured prayers. What I'm praying to I'm not sure. I'd be a firm agnostic.

I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.

Our prayers can and should be focused on the practical, everyday struggles of life.

I ask one more thing from our father above - God save Bolivia.

Here's a practical place to get started in this adventure of loving God with all your heart: Talk to God out loud and with emotion.

Ieder beest bidt op zijn manier.

There's no prayer like desire.

The only proper prayer is one of gratitude for your knowledge to ask for wisdom and understanding.

A melhor forma de entrar no Santo dos Santos é de joelhos.

Simply defined, prayer is earthly permission for heavenly interference.

Tenacious prayer is a lifestyle that produces results.

The way he understood hozho was hard to put into words. "I'll use an example. Terrible drought, crops dead, sheep dying. Spring dried out. No water. The Hopi, or the Christian, maybe the Moslem, they pray for rain. The Navajo has the proper ceremony done to restore himself to harmony with the drought. You see what I mean. The system is designed to recognize what's beyond human power to change, and then to change the human's attitude to be content with the inevitable.

Terrible drought, crops dead, sheep dying. Spring dried up. No water. The Hopi, and the Christian, maybe the Moslem, they pray for rain. The Navajo has the proper ceremony done to restore himself to harmony with the drought. You see what I mean. The system is designed to recognize what's beyond human power to change, and then to change the human's attitude to be content with the inevitable." - Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns, 1993

What the Didache doesn't say is that the community should shun or excommunicate those who commit the forbidden sins. In fact, "correct some, pray for others, and some you should love more than your own life" makes plain that the worst sinners should be showered with the most love.

I pray for God to crush me, break me up into little pieces and start all over again.

The voice of God never contradicts Scripture. God never tells us to do something that is different from what he's already expressed through his Word. Though I know God uses prayer, promptings, circumstances, other people, etc., to get our attention and to point us in a new direction, he never tells us to move down a path that's contrary to his plan communicated through the Bible.

The toughest choices are not between good and bad. The most difficult decisions are when a leader must decide between better and best. This must be done carefully and warrants a period of research, prayer, and evaluation.

My ma always told me that when I found things were too hard to figure out, I could probably bet that I hadn't prayed on it first.