It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer..

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something..

Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them..

You have to dare to live through the pain and struggle. Acknowledge your anguish but do not let it pull you out of yourself. Hold on to your chosen d….

. . . we will never be prompted by the Holy Ghost to do something we cannot do. It may require extraordinary effort and much time, patience, prayer,….

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of min….

I want before God that everything, every thought, attitude, action, motive, desire in my heart be pleasing to Him. I ask Him, 'Keep the spotlight of ….

The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to ….

Prayer simply means a longing of the heart, it is the wish felt, - it may be expressed, or not expressed. It may take the form of human language or i….

Sick or well, blind or seeing, bond or free, we are here for a purpose and however we are situated, we please God better with useful deeds than with ….

simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy..

... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and have been encouraged to….

I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist..

I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expec….

There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is abundance of hearing,….

The effective prayers are affirmations..

If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary….

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been..

Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away..

All of you are aware of the journey I've taken this past year and I just want to relay to all of the people that sent along their prayers and well wi….

Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking, without ….