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“Faith is the response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal.” SpiritEternalResponseBeckoning Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.” Life IsEventsIntellectualSeriesRiddle Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.” HeartBearsPrayingBurdenIntercession Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer should end as it begins - in adoration.” ShouldWellsEndsPrayerListeningAskingMoodReverenceReceivingAdorationDaily Prayer Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach.” Life IsBrokenTragedyAdversityShiningBreach Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts.” ThinkingGivingSufferingPrayerEffortSupportSubstitutes Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“God's providence is not in baskets lowered from the sky, but through the hands and hearts of those who love him. The lad without food and without shoes made the proper answer to the cruel-minded woman who asked, "But if God loved you wouldn't he send you food and shoes?" The boy replied, "God told someone, but he forgot."” IfsHeartMadeHandsSpiritualAnswersBoysSkyShoesGod LoveProvidenceBasketsLad Book:The Interpreter's Bible: General articles on the New Testament. Matthew. Mark Source: The Interpreter's Bible: General articles on the New Testament. Matthew. Mark
“For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'” IfsMenShouldBelieveUseChristianI BelieveChurchPrayingArguingWiserSoloI PraySymphony Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.” WorldNeedsShouldWritingTryingMindEndsEnoughMightJoyJourneyGratitudeOne DayBlessingPaperPensMy Blessing Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it is the secret spring and indispensable ally of all true work.” DesirePrayerSecretShareSpringGods WillVainWorking ItSubstitutesAlliesIndispensableDesire To LearnFilialChange God Book:The Christian Fact and Modern Doubt: A Preface to a Restatement of Christian Faith Source: The Christian Fact and Modern Doubt: A Preface to a Restatement of Christian Faith