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Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive. ↗

— Fanny J. Crosby

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Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them. ↗

— Toba Beta

#confront #inspirational #life #overcome #pray

How I go to the woods Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#love #nature #poetry #prayer #spirituality

... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#charity #christian #heaven #heavenly-rewards #inspirational

Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul. ↗

— Franklin Graham

#prayer #forgiveness

Forgiveness is a mystical act, not a reasonable one. ↗

— Caroline Myss

#love #myss #mysticism #prayer #forgiveness

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person. ↗

— Philip Yancey

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The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the blessing that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices to the Father. ↗

— Andrew Murray

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Lord, to the degree I don't want to do this, bless me. ↗

— Luci Swindoll

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