“Today there are more Muslims at prayer on Fridays in Britain, France, or Germany than there are Christians at mass or liturgy in those countries on Sundays.” CountryTodayChristianPrayerMassFranceGermanyBritainSundayFridayLiturgy Author:Sr?a Trifkovic
“It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.” ChristianHoursChurchPrayerStudyTakenAcceptanceEmotionalReadyCoupleGayConversationTurmoilGay CouplesEmotional Turmoil Author:Tony Campolo
“Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.” WayFirstsSometimesChristianLiteratureForcePrayerStrangeSaintDesertEpisodesParallels Book:Contemplation: A Christian Path Source: Contemplation: A Christian Path
“I believe in the importance of unity among those who know Christ, who profess to be "Christians." . . . I believe there is an important spiritual awakening beginning in the hearts of those truly committed to Christ in the Protestant and Catholic communities. Is it possible that Pope Francis may prove to be an answer not only to the prayers of Catholics, but also those known as Protestants?” KnowsBelieveHeartMayImportantChristianSpiritualI BelieveChristCommunityPrayerAnswersKnownProveImportanceCatholicUnityCommittedI Believe InAwakeningPopeSpiritual AwakeningProtestants Author:James Robison
“Use "breath prayers" throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath: "You are with me."” DoneUseChristianJesusPrayerSimpleCenturyBreathsSentencesPhrasesYou Choose Author:Rick Warren
“Show me a church or a Christian organization that emphasizes prayer, and I'll show you a ministry where people are excited about Jesus Christ and are witnessing for Him.” PeopleShowsChristianJesusChristChurchPrayerJesus ChristOrganizationExcitedMinistryShow Me Author:Bill Bright
“I was drunk: Christian and drunk. They just don't go together. But that's what happened. And the next day, obviously God had honored those prayers and healed me of alcoholism.” ChristianTogetherNextPrayerHappenedDrunkNext DayHonoredAlcoholismHealed Author:Jim Hamilton
“As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment of silence' is a deafening roar to a nonbeliever.” TryingMomentsSchoolChristianForceFearPrayerSilenceAtheismRageSettlingSilence IsPublic SchoolMoment Of Silence Author:Judith Hayes
“If one of you sees, sometime, something unedifying and so much as goes on to pass it on and put it into the heart of another brother, in doing so you not only harm yourself but you harm your brother by putting one more little bit of knavery into his heart. Even if that brother has his mind set on prayer or some other noble activity, and the first arrives and furnishes him with something to prate about, he not only impedes what he ought to be doing, but brings a temptation on him. There is nothing graver or more deadly than this doing harm, not only to himself but also to his neighbor.” IfsMindFirstsHeartLittlesChristianBitsPrayerBrotherGoes OnOughtActivityLittle BitHarmNobleNeighborTemptationOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianYour BrotherMind SetKnavery Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?” IfsYearsChristianReadingChurchReligiousPrayerLibertyConditionsHealthyThreatClassroomBible Reading Author:William Murchison
“Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: "Without Me you can't do anything". (John 15:5)” InspirationalDoeSaidEndsHelpingMightChristianReligiousPrayerLordPrayingSucceedAll ThingsOrthodoxConsistently Author:Marcus Eremita
“Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way.” WayInspirationalEndsChristianReligiousPrayerDeedsMysteriousOrthodoxConvictsMysterious Ways Author:Marcus Eremita
“Do not try to decide a difficult matter by means of disputing, but that which is enjoined by the spiritual law, namely patience, prayer, and thoughtful hope.” InspirationalTryingMeanMatterChristianSpiritualLawDifficultReligiousPrayerThoughtfulOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.” IfsInspirationalChristianFallReligiousPrayerTemptationConquerOrthodox Author:Marcus Eremita
“[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy, of the sacraments, and of the way in which we have an in-built sense of the divine that we suppress to our great sorrow - these are all immense contributions to Christian thought. The same could be said of his commentaries, which are still regularly consulted by biblical critics today.” WayPersonsSaidStillsTodayChristianSpiritChristPrayerDivineSorrowHolyBuiltCriticsBelieverHoly SpiritContributionTreatmentImmenseBiblicalSacramentsCommentaryLiturgy Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“In the last years, I've been reading the Eastern fathers, the older mystical writings, a rich, deep, and truly traditional Christianity which most Western Christians know almost nothing about. It is very mystical and prayer centered Christianity, with a strong social conscience.” KnowsWritingYearsChristianLastsReadingFatherStrongSocialPrayerChristianityRichConscienceWesternTraditionalLast YearMysticalEastern Author:Richard Rohr
“We need men and women with Christian values who know in their souls that America was providentially created and that for the last 200-plus years, when we've gone to God in prayer and asked for guidance, wisdom and strength, God has answered.” KnowsMenNeedsYearsSoulChristianLastsAmericaValuesPrayerGoneMen And WomenGuidancePlusChristian Values Author:Rick Perry
“We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew up in praying homes, our father launched a Christian school with nothing, basically he had some people that believed in the project but they had very little resources, and we watched our parents deal with those issues first in prayer, and then when they went out knocking on doors they saw amazing doors answered and resources come in.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeSchoolChristianFatherParentPrayerAnswersDealsIssuesSawsDoorsGrewPrayingProjectsGrew UpResourcesIncrediblesOur FatherAlexKnockingAnswers To PrayerChristian SchoolsKnocking On Doors Author:Stephen Kendrick
“For me, I've never been too concerned of what people think of me, so now as the youngest Baldwin brother in Hollywood making movies while simultaneously being a charismatic evangelical born again Christian who's an evangelist - that's a pretty crazy combination. But early on in my walk of faith I said a very personal prayer and made a commitment to God. I said if you reveal yourself to me in a way that is more thrilling and powerful and exciting than anything I've experience thus far, then I'll go anywhere and do whatever you want. And that can be very tough.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMadeSaidChristianBornPrayerWalksPowerfulCrazyBrotherCommitmentToughConcernedHollywoodExcitingCombinationThrillingCommitment To GodEvangelicalBorn AgainThink Of MeCharismaticDo Whatever You WantEvangelists Author:Stephen Baldwin
“Sadly, there are some fine Christian people who believe that the only way to advance the gospel is to pray for revival and nothing else. You don't know if they have any non-Christian friends or if they have ever shared the gospel with anybody in the last 30 years. It's depressing going to prayer meetings like that. I don't want to pray like that.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantYearsBelieveChristianLastsPrayerFinePrayingMeetingsDepressingRevivalPrayer MeetingChristian Friends Author:Mark Dever
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” GodChristianSpiritualFaithNatureChangePrayerInfluenceHuman NaturePrayingFunctionHave FaithTheologianPositive ChangeSpiritual TransformationTalking To GodI Pray To GodInspirational PrayerChange GodPowerful Prayer Author:Soren Kierkegaard