Favorite Quotations
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Prayer
Prayer Of Jesus
You should not take prayer too seriously. There is something playful about God. You only have to look at a penguin ... to realize that He likes to play little jokes on creatures. ~ Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart, 1986 Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. ~ Corrie ten Boom, Peace of Mind: Daily Meditations No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God. ~ Billy Graham I do not pray for success. I ask for faithfulness. ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves. ~ David J. Wolpe Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand. ~ Duke Ellington Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods. ~ Homer Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed; the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast. ~ James Montgomery When you cannot pray as you would, pray as you can. ~ Dean M. Goulburn Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working. ~ St. Francis of Assisi
"It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray." ~ Billy Graham