#prayer

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. ↗

— Horatio Alger

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From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer. ↗

— William Ames

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Every morning I was renewed, though. Air and light healed me, over and over. I got to where I depended on it. When I was feeling my worst, I would step out into the yard and put my hands on the branches of the little redbud. It made me feel like I was saying a prayer, to do this. I know that sounds like foolishness, but that little tree was like an altar for me. I stood there in the cold of early winter, wishing for the redbud to bear leaves so that I might put my face against them. ↗

— Silas House

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The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God. ↗

— Charles Bent

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Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees. ↗

— Charles Bent

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By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

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An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. ↗

— John Buchan

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