#prayer

God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow, Teach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know. Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go right So I remain unruffled when others grow uptight. Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart So I might hear the answer You are trying to impart. Teach me to let go, dear God, and pray undisturbed until My heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will. ↗

— Helen Steiner Rice

#prayer #inner-peace

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. ↗

— Aesop

#heard #our #pray #prayers #strive

One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue. ↗

— Mary Antin

#close #command #congregation #czar #emperor

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. ↗

— Josephine Baker

#best #best way #draw #heaven #i

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#again #done #get #god #going

I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#awake #beating #cover #each #fall

Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#lives #lost #our #prayers #remain

I had no tears to shed nor a prayer for the deceased... There is no hope for the hopeless. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#hopelessness #love #prayer #tears #death

In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out perceived flaws in God's art. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#critic #god #life #prayer #art

Every Wednesday, my husband and I have a study group with our friends. I attend church. We try to devote time in the morning, say a prayer. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#church #devote #every #friends #group