“The Psalms offer us a way of joining in a chorus of praise and prayer that has been going on for millennia and across all cultures. Not to try to inhabit them, while continuing to invent non-psalmic 'worship' based on our own feelings of the moment, risks being like a spoiled child who, taken to the summit of Table Mountain with the city and the ocean spread out before him, refuses to gaze at the view because he is playing with his Game Boy” WayTryingChildrenHas BeensMomentsFeelingsCultureGamesPrayerViewsCitiesBoysTakenRiskOffersMountainOceanWorshipPraiseTablesRefuseSpreadContinuingSummitJoiningSpoiledChorusPsalmsSpoiled ChildrenJoining In Author:N. T. Wright
“My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.” CountryGrowsPresidentPrayerBoysLandDyingManhoodFerventFervent Prayer Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964
“I'm not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experienceas that freeze-dried astronaut food bears to a nice standing rib roast. From what I remember of praying in school, it was almost an insult to God, a rote exercise in moving your mouth while daydreaming or checking out the cutest boy in the seventh grade that was a far, far cry from soul-searching.” RealSoulLightSchoolRememberSpiritualMovingPrayerBoysNiceCryBearsPrayingExerciseMouthsStandingInsultGradesFreedom Of SpeechAstronautSoul SearchingFreezeDaydreamingResemblanceRibsSpiritual ExperienceSeventh GradeChecking OutCutest Author:Anna Quindlen
“I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years.” YearsHelpingMotherPrayerBoysHavensHugeBabyPrayingNeededDoctorsRaisesBlessedHelp MeFifteenFifteen YearsBeing BlessedGood MotherBaby BoyFifteen Years Old Author:Cathy Hughes
“Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that; He knows best wheat is good for us. If your boy should ask you for a suit of clothes and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he; let him ask for a suit of clothes.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingShouldReasonAsksPrayerBoysClothesEndureSuitsReason WhyGrantsAlmightyWheat Author:John Selden
“The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.” YearsFatherPrayerVisionBoysSonRestoration Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!” MenHeartPrayerBoysWatchesPrayingTomorrowGoldTitlesTonightFellowshipLadHeart Of Gold Book:Henry IV Source: Henry IV
“I haven't really spoken to God since I was a boy and I've rediscovered god and prayer in the process and all of that has come together.” TogetherProcessPrayerBoysHavens Author:Joe Eszterhas