“The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude. When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you in effect, acknowledge that it is there...in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God - an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate... Appreciate.” RealitySpiritualAsksPrayerPowerfulEffectsGratitudeAppreciateAttractionStatementsLaw Of AttractionAcknowledgeMost PowerfulThank GodYou ChooseAffirmationThankfulnessConversations With GodSupplication Book:Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he receives it according to his own capacity as recipient. The Bread of Life (cf. Jn. 6:35) gives Himself in His love to all who ask, but not in the same way to all; for He gives Himself more fully to those who have performed great acts of righteousness, and in smaller measure to those who have not achieved so much. He gives Himself to each person according to that person's spiritual ability to receive Him.” WayGivingPersonsDoeChristianSpiritualAsksAbilityCapacityBreadOrthodoxRighteousnessHis LoveFullnessOrthodox ChristianCfsDaily BreadBread Of Life Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“One of the reasons I believe the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States of America is that the policy of our Government has been to ask the Israelis, and demand it with pressure, not to retaliate in a significant way against the terrorist strikes that have been launched against them.” WayBelieveHas BeensStatesReasonGovernmentAmericaSpiritualAsksI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesDoorsPolicyDemandPressureStrikesTerroristSignificantUnited States Of America Author:James Inhofe
“Holiness consists in doing God’s will joyfully. Faithfulness makes saints. The spiritual life is a union with Jesus: the divine and the human giving themselves to each other. The only thing Jesus asks of us is to give ourselves to him, in total poverty and total self-forgetfulness.” GivingHumansSelfSpiritualLife IsAsksJesusPovertyDivineUnionsSaintGods WillHolinessSpiritual LifeFaithfulnessForgetfulnessSelf Forgetfulness Author:Mother Teresa
“Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.” IfsWantMindWellsMayHas BeensStatesCharacterActionSpiritualAsksEnergyMeditationProgressAwarenessJudgingMastersDevelopmentJudgmentLifetimeGreedCalmSelflessMysticalConditioningCharacter DevelopmentProvocationSpiritual AwarenessSounder Author:Eknath Easwaran
“If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did it themselves, they did it by love and prayer.” IfsAbleSpiritualAsksPrayerSaintEffectiveness Author:Evelyn Underhill
“If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.” IfsNeedsSpiritualAsksPrayerPowerfulMedicineSpiritual Strength Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you breathe.” IfsBookSpiritualReadingAsksAirHolyBreatheStoresHoly BooksSpiritual Reading Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“When you go through a process of #1 praying daily and staying in God's word #2 obey Him in the small decisions every day #3 ask advice from a number of spiritual counselors then you can step out peacefully knowing that pleasing God is all that matters. America was built on this attitude.” MatterAmericaSpiritualAsksProcessDecisionNumbersAttitudeStepsKnowingAdvicePrayingBuiltStayingCounselorPleasing GodSmall Decisions Author:Mary Engelbreit
“It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and ask me questions. One could say at that point I became a spiritual teacher, although the term did not occur to me then.” HardSpiritualAsksTermTeacherAsk MeSpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Quite a different thing is, if a seeker, dissatisfied by materialism and doctrines, and longing for spiritual support, will ask advice and information of an adept. In such a case the adept is obliged to supply the seeker with spiritual light and insight, according to his mental powers. Then the magician should spare neither time nor pains to communicate his spiritual treasures and lead the seeker to the light.” IfsShouldDifferentLightPainSpiritualAsksCasesSupportMagicAdviceInformationLongingCommunicateInsightTreasureDoctrineDifferent ThingsMaterialismMysticismSparesMagicianObligedSeekersDissatisfiedAdeptMental PowerSpiritual Light Author:Franz Bardon
“A life without love is a waste. 'Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?', don't ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn't need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center... either you are out, yearning.” WorldNeedsShouldLooksSpiritualAsksNamesLove IsMaterialsWasteDefinitionsDiscriminationCategoriesYearningShould IWithout LoveSpiritual LoveLife Without Love Author:Shams Tabrizi
“A sentence from Psalm 101 has been both challenging and convicting for me: 'I will walk in my house with blameless heart' (Psalm 101-2, NIV). When God speaks to me about being more loving, this verse reminds me to make application in my family first-and then to others. It forces me to ask, 'Am I more spiritual, more loving, or more fun somewhere else? Who gets my best-my family or others?'” FirstsHeartHas BeensSpiritualAsksHouseSpeakFunForceChallengesWalksMy FamilySentencesApplicationVersesSomewhere ElsePsalmsBlamelessFamily First Author:Jean Fleming
“Over-consumption is a cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask the moral questions.” AbleSpiritualHumanityAsksMoralBrokenEatingMassDistanceCancerConsumptionBleedingOverconsumption Author:Richard J. Foster