“Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? The sun, the moon, and the stars have been worshiped. Shall we then pluck them out of the sky? ...see how much he [God] has been able to accomplish through me, though I did no more than pray and preach. The Word did it all. Had I wished I might have started a conflagration at Worms. But while I sat still and drank beer with Philip and Amsdorf, God dealt the papacy a mighty blow.” MenHas BeensStillsMightAbleStarsSunSkyObjectsPrayingMoonAbuseWineBlowAccomplishBeerSatDestroyingWormsDrankAbolishPluckPhilipWomen And Wine Author:Martin Luther
“The best answer to all objections urged against prayer is the fact that man cannot help praying; for we may be sure that that which is so spontaneous and ineradicable in human nature has its fitting objects and methods in the arrangements of a boundless Providence.” MenHumansMayFactsHelpingPrayerAnswersHuman NatureObjectsPrayingMethodProvidenceArrangementsSpontaneousFittingBoundlessObjections Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not becoming a better person, being more charitable, more concerned with everyone else's pains. Sanctifying had something to do with a sense of constant wonder - feeling gratitude and finding significance everywhere, in every action, relationship and object.” PersonsFeelingsActionPainWonderObjectsPrayingBecomingGratitudeFindingsConcernedFilledConstantSignificanceRitualBetter PersonCharitableBecoming A Better Person Author:Vanessa L Ochs
“Shut the world out, withdraw from all worldly thoughts and occupations, and shut yourself in alone with God, to pray to Him in secret. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly Father.” WorldFatherRealizingPrayerSecretObjectsPrayingChiefsHeavenlyOccupationWorldlyHeavenly FatherAlone With God Author:Andy Murray
“I don't want any minister to pray for me. But if you want a minister there to pray for the crowd, I won't object.” IfsWantObjectsPrayingCrowdsMinistersPray For Me Author:Edward H. Rulloff