Prayer Quotes - Page 34

• And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons.

  John E. Hines

  Humility, Forgiving, Matter

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• I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Religious, Real

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• During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their will were supposed to determine, or at any rate to influence, the phenomenal world. Man sought to alter the disposition of these gods in his own favour by means of magic and prayer.

  Albert Einstein

  Spiritual, Mean, Men

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

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• The pre-history of our species is hag-ridden with episodes of nightmarish ignorance and calamity, for which religion used to identify, not just the wrong explanation, but the wrong culprit. Human sacrifices were made preeminently in times of epidemics, useless prayers were uttered, bogus miracles attested to, and scapegoats - such as Jews or heretics or witches - hunted down and burned.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Ignorance, Sacrifice, Epidemics

  Christopher Hitchens (2007). “The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever”, p.9, Da Capo Press

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• Scientific evidence for God's existence is being claimed today by theists, many of whom carry respectable scientific or philosophical credentials. He who is neither a she nor an it supposedly answers prayers and otherwise dramatically affects the outcome of events. If these consequences are as significant as believers say, then the effects should be detectable in properly controlled experiments.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Philosophical, Religion, Atheism

  Victor J. Stenger (2003). “Has Science Found God?: The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe”, Pyr Books

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• Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

  Frederick Busch

  Dance, Art, Way

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• God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

  John Stott

  Liberty, Scripture, Worship

  John Stott (1992). “The contemporary Christian: an urgent plea for double listening”

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• To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To linger in His presence, to shut out the noise of the city and, in quietness, give Him the praise He deserves. Before we engage ourselves in His work, let's meet Him in His Word... in prayer... in worship.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Cities, Giving, Noise

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• I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God.

  Brother Lawrence

  Soul, Secret, Mind

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• intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force.

  Samuel Chadwick

  Heart, Wrestling, Law

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• No one can pray and worry at the same time.

  Max Lucado

  Worry, Max, Praying

  Max Lucado (2012). “Great Day Every Day: Navigating Life's Challenges with Promise and Purpose”, p.125, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together.

  Stephen Charnock

  Together, Scripture, Multitudes

  Stephen Charnock (1815). “The Works of the Late Rev. Stephen Charnock ... With a Prefatory Dedication and Memoir”, p.529

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• In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection," he stated. "Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. ... Do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?

  Benjamin Franklin

  4th Of July, Needs, Rooms

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• The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity.

  John Shelby Spong

  Father, Maturity, Punishment

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• Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other's home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for. God, the true Philosopher's Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart, The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!

  Ramakrishna

  Spiritual, Lying, Home

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• Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

  Mark Twain

  Spiritual, Lying, Inspiration

  Mark Twain (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses.

  Thomas Adams

  Enemy, Ears, Wealth

  Thomas Adams (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.351

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• As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.

  Hudson Taylor

  Spiritual, Blessing, Waiting

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• Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation of the heart than prayer. It is not that prayer does not or should not play a role in their lives, but their way to the opening of the heart lies through deeds of compassion. "Just do it" summarizes this path of transformation.

  Marcus Borg

  Spiritual, Lying, Heart

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• Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Laughter, Lord

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

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• Laughter is more sacred than prayer, dancing more spiritual than chanting mantras, loving existence more cosmic than going to a church.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Laughter, Dancing

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• Even towards yourself you have to be tremendously loving, because you too are god's form. One has to love oneself, one has to love all. Love is prayer. And the more you love, the more you will feel your consciousness expanding, becoming bigger - because whomsoever we love becomes part of our being, we include him. Mm? A bird on the wing, and we look at the bird with great love - suddenly we are not two: the bird is inside us and we are inside the bird.

  Rajneesh

  Love Is, Wings, Two

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• Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

  Max Lucado

  Giving Up, Knowing, Faithful Servants

  Max Lucado (2013). “God Came Near: God's Perfect Gift”, p.97, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Wives of ballplayers, when they teach their children their prayers, should instruct them to say: God bless mommy, God bless daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth! He's upped daddy's paycheck by 15 to 40 percent!

  Waite Hoyt

  Baseball, Children, Wife

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• God sees us in secret, therefore, let, us seek his face in secret. Though heaven be God's palace, yet it is not his prison.

  Thomas Brooks

  Heaven, Secret, Faces

  Thomas Brooks (1859). “Smooth stones taken from ancient brooks, by C.H. Spurgeon, a collection of sayings from the works of T. Brooks”, p.223

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