Praying Quotes - Page 18

• Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I am Thine", for we can see God everywhere. Do not seek for Him, just see Him.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Believe, Cat, Kitten

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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• When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform a drama with different parts-speaking and singing and praying and giving money and baptizing and eating bread and drinking wine-all for the delight of God.

  David Jeremiah

  Drama, Drinking, Wine

  Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “Prayer, the Great Adventure”, p.92, Multnomah

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• Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Helping, Sometimes

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue with what is deepest inside me, which for the sake of convenience I call God. Praying to God for something for yourself strikes me as being too childish for words. To pray for another's well-being is something I find childish as well; one should only pray that another should have enough strength to shoulder his burden. If you do that, you lend him some of your own strength.

  Etty Hillesum

  Silly, Should Have, Sake

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.494, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Close your eyes. You might try saying. . . something like this: "The sun is shining overhead. The sky is blue and sparkling. Nature is calm and in control of the world-and I, as nature's child, am in tune with the Universe." Or-better still-pray!

  Dale Carnegie

  Nature, Children, Eye

  Dale Carnegie (1948). “How To Stop Worrying and Start”

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• Sometimes pain and illness are not meant to be removed. You can't second-guess God. Rather than praying for it to go away, it's often wiser to pray that you learn as much from it as you possibly can.

  Stephen Levine

  Pain, Going Away, Sometimes

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• The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and answers, and His answers I never venture to criticize. It is only my part to ask. If it were otherwise, I would not dare to pray at all.

  Wilfred Grenfell

  Prayer, Answers, Venture

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• You must pray for yourself constantly. How could it be otherwise? We worship God by believing in Him, trusting Him, and loving Him wholeheartedly - and we can attain to that only through prayer. The sole object of our being here is that we may grow like Him - and we can do that only through prayer. The more we pray for ourselves the more power will our prayers have for any other purpose whatever; so praying for ourselves is the reverse of selfishness - it is truly glorifying God.

  Emmet Fox

  Prayer, Believe, Trusting Him

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• Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food. I am not ordering an innkeeper to provide me with room. Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success, or happiness. Only for guidance will I pray, that I may be shown the way to acquire these things, and my prayer will always be answered.

  Og Mandino

  Prayer, Victory, Gold

  Og Mandino (1998). “The Greatest Gift in the World”, Frederick Fell Publishers

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• Pray a little each day in a childlike way for the Spirit of prayer. If you feel that you know, as yet, very little concerning the deep things of prayer and what prayer really is, then pray for the Spirit of prayer. There is nothing He would rather do than unveil to you the grace of prayer.

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, Grace, Way

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• Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows more about what we need than we do. Sometimes when we pray, we get what we want. Sometimes we get what we need. Accept both answers-the yes's and the something else's-with heartfelt gratitude. Then look around and see what your lesson and gift is.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Prayer, Grateful

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• My way of communicating with God as a boy (and often even now) was through the lyrics of a song. . . . So I didn't have the problem some people do who say, "I don't know how to pray." I used the songs to communicate with God. . . . To me, songs were the telephone to heaven, and I tied up the line quite a bit.

  Johnny Cash

  Song, Prayer, Boys

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• When you pray, remember that you are not praying to a distant God, but to the God that dwells within you. Don't just speak the words; feel what they mean in your life. Don't pray from your lips, but from your heart. Your prayers aren't for God, they are for you, to remind you of the presence of the Holy Spirit within you. When you say "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done," remember that you are loved and protected. God has planned greater things for us than we can imagine. The more we maintain an awareness of God's unchanging love, the safer and more at home we will feel in the world.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Prayer, Mean, Home

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• Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.

  Nachman of Breslov

  Beautiful, Prayer, Flower

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• The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world.

  Jack Kornfield

  Prayer, Practice, Ties

  "Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation". Book by Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, 1987.

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• Prayer is a means of sharing the burden, which relieves pressure, as you tell your worries and concerns to someone who will listen and won't judge, no matter what you say. Praying is like handing the problem over to someone else as you talk it out. Then you can tune in for guidance and a different perspective that will exude heartfelt energy. When you pray, you are exposing your real self and extending sincere, loving energy to yourself. It doesn't matter if your words are fancy or plain, and there is no way to do it right or wrong. Prayer is about opening your heart and being sincere.

  Lucinda Bassett

  Prayer, Real, Mean

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• Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle.

  Melody Beattie

  Prayer, Life Changing, Miracle

  Melody Beattie (2009). “More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations”, p.134, Hazelden Publishing

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• In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Prayer, Lord, Himalayas

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• If you would have God hear you when you pray, you must hear him when he speaks.

  Richard J. Needham

  Prayer, Speak, Ifs

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• Prayer is not a way to get what we want to happen, like the remote control that comes with the television set. I think that prayer may be less about asking for the things we are attached to than it is about relinquishing our attachments in some way. It can take us beyond fear, which is an attachment, and beyond hope, which is another form of attachment. It can help us remember the nature of the world and the nature of life, not on an intellectual level but in a deep and experiential way. When we pray, we don't change the world, we change ourselves. We change our consciousness.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Prayer, Thinking, Attachment

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• The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow ourselves to be still and know Him. In that silence, we are changed. We are calmed. We are illumined. Prayer is meant to dissolve the worldly focus, to dissolve our sense of a separate self, to help us detach from an insane world order. We pray that He might flood our minds. Prayer is like pouring hot water on an ice cube, melting the cold and encrusted thought forms that still surround our hearts.

  Marianne Williamson

  Prayer, Heart, Order

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• From now on, I pray like I mean it. No more hitting SEND over and over. It's changed my life. It has freed me from fear and opened up endless avenues for me as a writer, radio host, parent, wife, and friend. It has enhanced every relationship I'm in, starting with the most important one: my relationship with God. Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time.

  Regina Brett

  Prayer, Real, Believe

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• Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you!

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Let Me, Please

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• Pray May all reach the shore of peace, spreading the sweet holy fragrance of Love and vibrations of unity and harmony.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Love, Sweet, Unity

  Twitter post from May 07, 2014

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• Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Eye, Lord

  Twitter post from Jan 05, 2014

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