#pray

Are you living for the things you are praying for? ↗

— Austin Phelps

#praying #things #you

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. ↗

— Emo Philips

#asked #bicycle #every #every night #forgive

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#attend #church #enough #every #every sunday

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#ceasing #constant #constant state #even #god

The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking "But I never knew before. I never dreamed...." I suppose it was at such a moment that Thomas Aquinas said of all his own theology, "It reminds me of straw. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#prayer #dreams

Reading is the last act of secular prayer. ↗

— Richard Powers

#last #prayer #reading #secular

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer. ↗

— William Proxmire

#knows #lord #pope #prayer #tax

As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#god #instrument #know #many #most

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#bestowed #blessings #continue #country #god

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#become #comforts #creature #day #every