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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss., that ye may consume it upon your lusts. - Bible, James (ch. IV, v. 3) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. - Bible, John (ch. IV, v. 24) Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. - Bible, Mark (ch. XIII, v. 33) But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. - Bible, Matthew (ch. VI, v. 6) But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. - Bible, Matthew (ch. VI, v. 7) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. - Bible, Matthew (ch. VII, v. 7-8) Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. - Bible, Philippians (ch. IV, v. 6) PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DIctionary Every praying Christian will find that there is no Gethsemane without its angel. - Thomas Binney A prayer, in its simplest definition, is merely a wish turned heavenward. - Phillips Brooks Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness. - Phillips Brooks Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers. When men are dull, God will be dumb. - Thomas Brooks The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven. - Thomas Brooks Every wish Is like a prayer--with God. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (bk. II) God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in 't. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (bk. II) Hope, he called, belief In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray! - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (bk. III) She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere." - Ophelia G. Browning (Mrs. Arthur P. Adams, Mrs. T.E. Burroughs), Unanswered Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet, Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed! So, I was afraid! - Robert Browning, Instans Tyrannus (VII) Faith builds in the dungeon and lazarhouse its sublimest shrines; and up, through roofs of stone, that shut out the eye of heaven, ascends the ladder where the angels glide to and fro,--prayer. - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. - John Bunyan Prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan. - John Bunyan Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer. - John Bunyan You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. - John Bunyan They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright! - Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 6) Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair? Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven? Can vice atone for crimes by prayer? - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Prayer of Nature Displaying page 2 of 11 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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