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• Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you've had in months.

  Anne Lamott

  Hate, Real, Might

  Anne Lamott (2013). “Help, Thanks, Wow”, p.7, Hachette UK

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• To be honest, I thought it was similar to animal husbandry." Sally's tone turned dry. "Sometimes, my lady I'm afraid it isn't that different." Pippa paused, considering the ords. "Is that so?" "Men are uncomplicated, generally," Sally said, all too sage. "They're beasts when they want to be." "Brute ones!" "Ah, so you understand." Pippa tilted her head to one side. "I've read about them." Sally nodded. "Erotic texts?" "The book of Common Prayer.

  Sarah MacLean

  Book, Animal, Men

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• You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?" "I believe in them all." Vin frowned. "None of them contradict each other?" Sazed smiled. "Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Believe, Said, Behinds

  Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.260, Macmillan

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• One person looks around and sees a universe created by a god who watches over its long unfurling, marking the fall of sparrows and listening to the prayers of his finest creation. Another person believes that life, in all its baroque complexity, is a chemical aberration that will briefly decorate the surface of a ball of rock spinning somewhere among a billion galaxies. And the two of them could talk for hours and find no great difference between one another, for neither set of beliefs make us kinder or wiser.

  Mark Haddon

  Believe, Fall, Rocks

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• Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. Your desire is your prayer. It comes out of your deepest needs and it reveals the things you want in life.

  Joseph Murphy

  Soul, Desire, Needs

  Joseph Murphy, General Press (2016). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.50, GENERAL PRESS

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• When they throw the water on the witch, she says, “Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness”. That line inspired my life. I sometimes say it to myself before I go to sleep, like a prayer.

  John Waters

  Beautiful, Girl, Sleep

  "The Film That Changed My Life". Book by Robert K. Elder, www.today.com. January 1, 2011.

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• ...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.

  Julian of Norwich

  Needs, Goodness, Lowest

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• I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just random noise. Gibberish. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was, but I felt that, when it came to God, there was a broken promise in there somewhere.

  Rick Yancey

  Sleep, Broken, Promise

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.68, Penguin

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• Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.

  Julian of Norwich

  Soul, Mysterious, Ghost

  Julian Of Norwich (1998). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.152, Penguin UK

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• Prayers and promises. The one his sister made to him. The unspoken one I made to my sister. Prayers are promises, too, and these are the days of broken promises.

  Rick Yancey

  Broken, Promise, My Sister

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• I finally knew... why Christ's prayer in the garden could not be granted. He had been seeded and birthed into human flesh. He was one of us. Once He had become mortal, He could not become immortal except by dying. That He prayed the prayer at all showed how human He was. That He knew it could not be granted showed his divinity; that He prayed it anyhow showed His mortality, His mortal love of life that His death made immortal.

  Wendell Berry

  Love Life, Garden, Dying

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• Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart. It is like a bird that has blundered down the flue and is caught indoors and flutters at the windowpanes. It is like standing a long time on a cold day, knocking at a shut door.

  Wendell Berry

  Lying, Heart, Night

  Wendell Berry (2000). “Jayber Crow: A Novel”, Counterpoint LLC

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• Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.

  Mark Batterson

  Fun, Party, Romance

  Mark Batterson (2012). “Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge”, p.84, Zondervan

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• Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
  And what strength I have's mine own,
  Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
  Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
  Since I have my dukedom got
  And pardon 'd the deceiver, dwell
  In this bare island by your spell;
  I must be here confined by you,
  But release me from my bands
  With the help of your good hands:
  Gentle breath of yours my sails
  Must fill, or else my project fails,
  Which was to please: now I want
  Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
  And my ending is despair,
  Unless I be relieved by prayer,
  Which pierces so, that it assaults
  Mercy itself, and frees all faults.
  As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
  Let your indulgence set me free.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Hands, Despair

  "Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest".

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• Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.

  Mark Batterson

  Home, Writing, Class

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• What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking up at God.

  Mitch Albom

  Children, Tree

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• Audacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not really praying. You're just pontificating. You do the natural. Trust God for the super.

  Steven Furtick

  Needs, Trust In God, Action

  Steven Furtick (2010). “Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible”, p.177, Multnomah

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• Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.

  Ilchi Lee

  Meditation, Progress, Earnest

  Ilchi Lee (2012). “The Call of Sedona: Journey of the Heart”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• Closet communion needs time for the revelation of God's presence. It is vain to say, "I have too much work to do to find time." You must find time or forfeit blessing. God knows how to save for you the time you sacredly keep for communion with Him.

  Arthur Tappan Pierson

  Time, Blessing, Needs

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• Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Reading

  Evelyn Underhill, Grace Aldophsen Brame (1993). “The Ways of the Spirit”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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• I believe with faith all is possible. An answer to prayer is greatest positive feedback you can get.

  J. R. Martinez

  Inspirational, Believe, Answers

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• Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.

  Henry Clay Trumbull

  Faith, Spiritual, Grace

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 221), 1895.

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• I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Death, Forgiveness, Children

  Dwight L Moody (1987). “Prevailing Prayer”, p.53, Moody Publishers

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• You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

  Tony Snow

  Graduation, People, Underestimate

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• Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hope, Saint, Subjects

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