“Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.” ReasonWishPrayerDependsPrayingAimAppealsMeritRemedyFervent Author:Carter G. Woodson
“What we feel at prayer is God's business, not ours, and we must strive to be totally abandoned to the presence of 'consolation' or of boredom when we pray. A clear understanding that the value of our prayer does not depend upon how we feel is extremely important if we are to persevere in prayer. So many people feel that if their prayer is distracted it cannot be pleasing to God, and are therefore led to abandon their efforts precisely when fidelity is of the most importance.” PeopleIfsFeelsDoeImportantValuesUnderstandingPrayerEffortClearDependsPrayingImportanceStriveBoredomAbandonAbandonedConsolationDistractedOur PrayersPersevereFidelity Author:Sheila Cassidy
“If we want to read and to pray the prayers of the Bible and especially the Psalms, therefore, we must not ask first what they have to do with us, but what they have to do with Jesus Christ...It does not depend, therefore, on whether the Psalms express adequately that which we feel at a given moment in our heart. If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray.” IfsWantFeelsFirstsHeartDoeImportantMomentsAsksJesusGivenChristPrayerDependsPrayingJesus ChristContraryWant UPsalms Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his salvation, he remains in carnal self-confidence; he is not a self-despairer, and therefore is not duly humbled before God, he believes he may lend a helping hand in his salvation, but on the contrary, whoever is truly convinced that the whole work depends singly on the will of God, such a person renounces his own will and strength; he waits and prays for the operation of God, nor waits and prays in vain” MenBelieveMayLittlesPersonsSelfWholeHelpingHandsWaitingDependsPrayingRemainsSalvationConvincedSelf ConfidenceContraryGods WillVainOperationsRenounceHelping Hand Author:Martin Luther
“My children, mark me. I pray you. Know! God loves my soul so much that his very life and being depend upon his loving me, whether he would or no. To stop God loving me would be to rob him of his Godhood; for God is love no less than he is truth; as he is good, so is he love as well. It is the absolute truth, as God lives... If anyone would ask me what God is, I should answer: God is love, and so altogether lovely that creatures all with one accord essay to love his loveliness, whether they do so knowingly or unbeknownst, in joy or sorrow.” IfsKnowsShouldWellsChildrenSoulWould BeJoyAsksAnswersDependsPrayingSorrowCreaturesMarkAbsolutesLovelyMy SoulGod LoveAsk MeMy ChildrenEssaysI PrayKnowing GodAccordLoving GodAbsolute TruthGod Is LoveLovelinessGod LifeLoving Me Author:Meister Eckhart
“Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity, and when you're photographing children there's often an abundance of it. I would have an idea of what a photograph would look like and then something would happen - a dog might lumber in and become a critical element. I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.” LooksChildrenIdeasMightHappensChanceDogDependsPrayingElementsAngelPhotographerPhotographCriticalAbundanceI PraySerendipityLumber Author:Sally Mann
“It's sad. There's a lot about this industry that a lot of people don't know about and don't find out about. There are a lot of tough things and trials and stuff that you're faced with. Sometimes, God has other plans for people. Sometimes bands can't stick through it. It depends on the situation. Keep praying for the bands that you like, seriously, because a lot of things will try to get in the way of being together. We've been blessed with not deal with those yet, but if we ever did...?” PeopleIfsKnowsWayTryingSometimesTogetherStuffDealsSituationPlansDependsIndustryPrayingBandToughBlessedSticksTrialsBeing TogetherTough Things Author:Trevor McNevan
“It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.” MeanDependsPrayingTemples Author:Indira Gandhi
“My spirit life very much depends on my work. My work very much depends on my spirit life. And I pray every day, as part of my own ritual, to a god I believe in, not a god somebody else believes in.” BelieveSpiritI BelieveMy OwnDependsPrayingI Believe InRitualI Pray Author:Michael Ventura