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• "You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."

  Robert Southey

  Father, Men, Locks

  "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" l. 1 (1799) See Carroll 9

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• Mama used to tell us a story about a cicada sitting high in a tree. It chirps and drinks in dew, oblivious to the praying mantis behind it. The mantis arches up its front leg to stab the cicada, but it doesn't know an oriole perches behind it. The bird stretches out its neck to snap up the mantis for a midday meal, but its unaware of the boy who's come into the garden with a net. Three creatures—the cicada, the mantis and the oriole—all coveted gains without being aware of the greater and inescapable danger that was coming.

  Lisa See

  Boys, Garden, Praying Mantis

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• Jesus is now the Lord; He is enthroned at the right hand of God; He is reigning in His kingdom. But this is a Lordship and a kingly reign which is known only to believers. It must be confessed by faith. His Second Coming will mean nothing less than the Lordship which is His now will be visible to all the world. When we pray, 'Thy kingdom come,' this is what we are praying for: the effectual and universal rule of Christ in all the world, not only over believers.

  George Eldon Ladd

  Jesus, Mean, Hands

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• Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Sides

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• We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all. Because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world, a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand, and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you could hold onto that flame, great things could construct around it, that are massive and powerful and world changing, all held up by the tiniest of ideas.

  Nick Cave

  Powerful, Flames, Hands

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• A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Doe, Pastor, Congregation

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• The Savior is the perfect example of praying for others with real intent. In His great Intercessory Prayer uttered on the night before His Crucifixion, Jesus prayed for His Apostles and all of the Saints.

  David A. Bednar

  Jesus, Prayer, Real

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• We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.

  Rich Mullins

  Prayer, Understanding, Doe

  Concert in Lufkin, Texas, www.kidbrothers.net. July 19, 1997.

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• If we have plain old ordinary fear then we are within reach of a solution. Fear has been with humankind for millennia and we do know what to do about it-pray about it, talk about it, feel the fear, and do it anyway. Artistic fear, on the other hand, sounds somehow nastier and more virulent, like it just might not yield to ordinary solutions-and yet it does, the moment we become humble enough to try ordinary solutions.

  Julia Cameron

  Fear, Humble, Yield

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• Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Giving Up, Light

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• Suddenly contemporary Christianity sales pitches don't seem adequate anymore. Ask Jesus to come into your heart. Invite Jesus to come into your life. Pray this prayer, sign this card, walk down this aisle, and accept Jesus as your personal Savior. . . We have taken the infinitely glorious Son of God, who endured the infinitely terrible wrath of God and who now reigns as the infinitely worthy Lord of all, and we have reduced him to a poor, puny Savior who is just begging for us to accept him. Accept him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need him?

  David Platt

  Jesus, Prayer, Taken

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• Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.

  Sarah Bernhardt

  Atheist, Atheism, Positive Atheism

  "What Great Men Think of Religion". Book by Ira D. Cardiff, 1945.

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• Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and collected in heart; courageous and connected to own soul, to lay the way for a peaceful life.

  Anuj

  Heart, Simplicity, Soul

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• Friends are an indispensable part of a meaningful life. They are the ones who share our burdens and multiply our blessings. A true friend sticks by us in our joys and sorrows. In good times and bad, we need friends who will pray for us, listen to us, and lend a comforting hand and an understanding ear when needed.

  Beverly LaHaye

  Life, Friendship, Meaningful

  Beverly LaHaye (1995). “The Desires of a Woman's Heart”, Tyndale House Publishers

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• American Psalms challenges Christian patriots to put aside personal agendas, prejudices and partisanship, and pray for our leaders as God commands.

  Mike Huckabee

  Christian, Leader, Challenges

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• Please pray & wish me well (in hearing session). All I want is to clear my name and return to the badminton.

  Lee Chong Wei

  Names, Wish, Want

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• When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

  Cyprian

  Prayer, Spirit, Given

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 460, 1895.

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• As God's representative on the earth, He has given us the authority to speak for Him. When we speak under the leading of the Holy Spirit, we speak as His voice on the earth. During strategic times, the Lord will prompt us to pray prayers that will bring breakthrough.

  Barbara Wentroble

  Prayer, Voice, Earth

  Barbara Wentroble (2003). “Prophetic Intercession: Unlocking Miracles and Releasing the Blessings of God”, p.92, Gospel Light Publications

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• You either pray or worry. Don't do both.

  Curtis Jackson

  Worry

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• To pray with your fists closed means you're hanging onto something. Let it go. Open your hands to God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Mean, Hands, Let It Go

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• Prayer is the key ingredient of the church. The enemy hates it when we pray.

  Jacob Peterson

  Prayer, Hate, Keys

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• It is a high Christian privilege to pray for one another within each local church body and then for other believers throughout the world. As a Christian minister, I have no right to preach to people I have not prayed for. That is my strong conviction.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Strong, People

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• The gates of hell did not prevail before me. They will not prevail after me. The Kingdom, I pray will use me but it doesn't need me.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Needs, Use, Kingdoms

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• You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Gay

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• Hey, I am thinking of it myself, in this part of world (East), we all do endeavors in praying and are sweating (white liquid) and this is our situation, frustrated , but on the other part of world (West) ,they are enjoying in party and drinking liquor (white liquid) but their situation is that, successful, I do not know that the problem relates to the type of liquid or the way of drinking!!

  Ali Shariati

  Party, Drinking, Successful

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