#prayer

...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was sending me you -sad... ↗

— John Geddes

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Astraeus,' Aven called out. 'God of the four winds and friend to sailors. Say a little prayer when you look at him, so he will give us what we need to keep our course.' A little prayer?' said Jack. 'To a constellation?' To what it represents,' said Aven. But I don't believe in what it represents,' said Jack. Prayers aren't for the deity,' said Aven. 'They're for you, to recommit yourself to what you believe.' Can't you do that without praying to a dead Greek god?' Sure,' said Aven. 'But how often would anyone do that, if not in prayer? ↗

— James A. Owen

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If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him. ↗

— John Newton

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Father Break my heart for what breaks yours Give me open hands and open doors Put your light in my eyes and let me see That my own little world is not about me ↗

— Matthew West

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Prayer is the sign of your weakness. Rely on your inner strength. You will be the winner. ↗

— Amit Ray

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I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught… ↗

— St. Thomas Aquinas

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Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together. Never do they love one another so well as when they witness the outpouring of each other's hearts in prayer. ↗

— Charles Grandison Finney

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Prayer is a way, a road we build for love to walk into our lives. ↗

— Summer Kinard

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Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still. He will never talk well and with real success to men for God who has not learned well how to talk to God for men. ↗

— E.M. Bounds

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The ministry of prayer, if it be anything worthy of the name, is a ministry of ardor, a ministry of unwearied and intense longing after God and after his holiness. ↗

— E.M.Bounds

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