“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
“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
“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
