The theory of karma exists not to bring fear to your heart but to ensure you do not lose hope and give up at the first obstacle that hits your path.

Sniffing glue is a homeless nonbeliever’s prayer.

Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too.Blend them together for one potent brew;The magical spell to your dreams coming true.

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One of the gifts we receive from Jesus is an entirely new foundation upon which to build our lives. Once you receive Him, He becomes your new foundation and every day you walk with Him,...

As it is the sister of reading, so it is the mother of prayer. Though a man’s heart be much indisposed to prayer, yet, if he can but fall into a meditation of God, and...

from Love Under a Dark Sky: “In the universe vastWe share a simple feastAmong creatures equally earthbound.Let us raise our hearts in gratitude,Our eyes in expectationOf a greater supper yetIn heavenly realms.

Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his...

Pray for change in your heart and not your circumstance, and you will see what will happen.

Forgive me,’ the woman says. ‘I think I’ve interrupted you in a private moment.”Well,’ I reply, instead of yelling something to the effect of :’No kidding lady, I’m in the bathroom!”Were you praying?’ she asks.’Sort...

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for new friends, and for this evening of fellowship. We ask that you guide our conversations, and that they’ll be pleasing to you. We thank you for this food and...

…I interviewed ordinary people about prayer. Typically, the results went like this: Is Prayer important to you? Oh, yes. How often to you pray? Every day. Approximately how long? Five minutes – well, maybe seven....

When you settle for anything short of the best life God wants to offer you, then you have been tempted to remain safe and the accountability for not changing your life becomes your prison of...

Every morning I was renewed, though. Air and light healed me, over and over. I got to where I depended on it. When I was feeling my worst, I would step out into the yard...

If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead of hiding our heads in a prayer cloth and building walls...

Lucien had never prayed before, never imagined that there might be a deity listening who would be interested in what he had to say, so his supplication skills were a tad rusty.But now Lucien prayed.Please...

I just did a little prayer, that I might be the last guy to make that out.

Taking actions will fulfill your dreams and wishes, not the prayers and blessings.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be...

Prayer has been made to all three of them for welfare, success and prosperity.

If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate. … Choose science.

When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of ‘No answer.’ It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze....

Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some...

All this has been happening around them all the days of their lives though they couldn’t see it, then one day, Prayer removes the veil and everything changes. Think of it this way: Picture a...

Let us live this day in that light, that life, and that peace, so that we may gain the victory over those things that press us down.

Changed people change nations.

Don’t feed your body and keep your spirit starving. Butter bread for your body and living bread for your spirit. Read the Bible every day and keep your spirit away from hunger.

Perhaps thought really is prayer.

When we say to people, ‘I will pray for you,’ we make a very important commitment. The sad thing is that this remark often remains nothing but a well-meant expression of concern. But when we...

No gift unrecognized as coming from God is at its own best: therefore many things that God would gladly give us, things even that we need because we are, must wait until we ask for...

After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christ’s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me – and He...

Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it, which will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that...

When you stop worrying about your problems and start praising God for His magnificent power you will experience His peace.

Ask. Trust. Give thanks. Simple right?

Grace is not a little prayer you say before you eat. It is a way of life. Eph 2:8,9

Prayer is actually setting out a tuning fork. All you can really do in the spiritual life is to get tuned to receive the always present message. Once you are tuned, you will receive, and...

Prayer is a great opportunity to receive grace from God.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

Keep your prayer simple. Whatever confuses or complicates prayer is probably best forgotten.

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

Pray all you like, ask anything you want, but don’t forget that he never promised he’d say yes. He never guaranteed us anything. Not anything at all. Except one thing. Just one thing . ....

Father Break my heart for what breaks yoursGive me open hands and open doorsPut your light in my eyes and let me seeThat my own little world is not about me

No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers,...

O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.

I also learned that prayer is not as much about getting God to act in certain ways as it is about getting to the heart of God and getting my heart to reflect His heart.

The thing to remember here and what’s sort of been lost is that prayer in the legislature has not been prohibited by the court. All the court has said is that before anyone can issue...

God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him, either.

Each time that I have felt like I might finally be figuring some things out, life has decided to change the rules and I’ve had to start all over again.

Miracles have a higher percentage of being permanent than magical solutions.

After much thought and prayer, I have come to my own personal conclusion that we shouldn’t tell people who they can love or who they can marry.