The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.
I go to a restaurant with a group of women and pray that we can order lunch without falling into the semi-covert business of collective monitoring, in which levels of intake and restraint are aired, compared, noticed: 'What are you getting? Is that all you're having? A salad? Oh, please.'
The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in the Church or forever as a parent. You may pray for help enough to do the work and know that it will come.
Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.
Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved.
Can we pray for the re-election of George Bush?
One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.
I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.
I always say I'm Catholic - but a cultural Catholic. I wouldn't say I'm a spiritual person, although I pray every day.
I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.
I think intuition can be a form of answered prayer. You do the best you can - thinking, figuring, planning - and then you pray.
I pray that all polar opposites learn to agape love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools.
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.
I do believe that Muslims and Christians and Jews pray to the same God. And yet they understand who God is in significantly different ways.
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.
Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.
At the end of the day, I pray for the best.
It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.
We know little of the things for which we pray.
Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.
Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've had to pray a lot!
Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
My kids are so cute when they pray.
Most people do not pray; they only beg.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.