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Make us love and obey you so that the works of our hands may always display what your hands have done, until we gaze upon the beauty of your face. ↗

— The Catholic Church

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Prayer's a very tricky business. ↗

— Dodie Smith

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If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175) ↗

— Brigham Young

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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change. ↗

— Dan Brown

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Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine. ↗

— Kathleen Norris

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...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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A spontaneous prayer makes differences and does changes. ↗

— Toba Beta

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Fill my mouth with the accuracy and potency of Your word and Spirit that I may make war through prayer with swift precision (Psalm 144:1). ↗

— Shawntel Jefferson

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To invoke Jesus' name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jesus' name actually brings God closer, making him more present. He is always present in some way, since he knows and loves each one of us at every moment; but he is not present to those who do not pray as intimately as he is present to those who do. Prayers a difference; 'prayer changes things.' It may or may not change our external circumstances. (It does if God sees that that change is good for us; it does not if God sees that it is not.) but it always changes our relationship to God, which is infinitely more important than external circumstances, however pressing they may seem, because it is eternal but they are temporary, and because it is our very self but they are not. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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