#pray

We pray for this beloved country, Egypt, for God to protect her safety, security, stability; to protect her unity and more so, her image. ↗

— Pope Theodoros II

#beloved country #country #egypt #god #her

Sometimes when we say "God is silent," what's really going on is that he hasn't told the story the way we wanted it told. He will be silent when we want him to fill in the blanks of the story we are creating. But with his own stories, the ones we live in, he is seldom silent. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

#prayer #story #life

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge. ↗

— Philip Yancey

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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#meditation #mind #prayer #life

Prayer is a moment of incarnation - God with us. God involved in the details of my life. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

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I knelt a mortal; I rose an immortal. ↗

— Yann Martel

#elevation-after-prayers #life-of-pi #praying #salah #life

The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer. ↗

— KB Meyer

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If heathen prayers were indeed the best of all, then mine should count big time. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

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Now you are walking in Paris all alone in the crowd As herds of bellowing buses drive by Love's anguish tightens your throat As if you were never to be loved again If you lived in the old days you would enter a monastery You are ashamed when you discover yourself reciting a prayer You make fun of yourself and like the fire of Hell your laughter crackles The sparks of your laugh gild the depths of your life It's a painting hanging in a dark museum And sometimes you go and look at it close up ↗

— Guillaume Apollinaire

#city #crowd #laughing #laughter #love

We have an allergic reaction to dependency, but this is the state of the heart most necessary for a praying life. A need heart is a praying heart. Dependency is the heartbeat of prayer. ↗

— Paul E. Miller

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