Quotes About Connection

Too often the word 'prayer' induces guilt because we don't do enough of it. After all, I've never met anyone who said they pray too much! All of us fall short. And we often feel like our prayers fall flat.

The most effective prayers are usually the simple prayers.

I've always said prayers.

It's not easy to measure the effects of prayers.

A lot of people said they prayed for me. I felt their prayers.

I have my family. I've got the love of my wife, my daughters and friends, people who like me, think about me and send me prayers and positive energy.

Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.

It's pretty cathartic for me to write a letter to God and tell him what I'm praying for that day or what I'm going through emotionally.

When you spend almost two years out talking to people, praying with them, and really finding out some of those tough issues that are impacting them, it makes a lasting impression on you.

First and foremost, praying about things and having the good Lord as a part of my life is a huge grounding thing for me.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing.

Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.

I think praying is very important. I'm not going to say that I'm very religious and I don't go to church as much as I should probably, but I definitely pray more than the average person. I'm a man of the Lord.

When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father.

My sister had been praying for me since I was born: my sister, Stephanie, my namesake. That's what she is to me; my namesake - Stephanie, Stephon. Stephanie - that's my daughter's name. I kept it in the family.

Radio, in a way, is preaching.

My kids don't listen to me when I preach at them. But if I tell them a story they can pull something from, that matters.

I don't want to preach to anyone, because if someone preaches to me, I just turn off - I've been preached to my whole life.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

I believe that friendship is life's most precious and amazing gift and an incredibly powerful force.

You know, there're no rules between Russell and I. We don't want to have to have to talk too much, because it's really precious, really special to play music.

Collaboration is no longer painful - or precious.

Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.

The more everything gets digitalised, the more precious the live experience of going to the theatre is.