#prayer

I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer. ↗

— Francis W. Newman

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It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. ↗

— Rod Parsley

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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

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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

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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

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I've found that prayers work best when you have big players. ↗

— Knute Rockne

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In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church. ↗

— Edith Stein

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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

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