“You cannot pray for an A on a test and study for a B. You cannot pray for a celestial marriage and live a telestial life. You cannot pray for something and act less.” LifeActionPrayerMarriageStudyPrayingTestsActiveCelestialDoings Author:Tad R. Callister
“I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family.” ThinkingStudyPrayingMy FamilySpendingMore Time Author:Billy Graham
“I believe that we have to strive for a transition to a socialist society ... all the way to communism. I mean I think we should, uh, I think we should all study what the word means and I believe that if everyone knew what the word meant we would all be on our knees praying that we would, as soon as possible, be able to live under, uh, within a communist structure.” IfsThinkingWayShouldBelieveMeanAbleI BelieveStudyPrayingStructureStriveCommunismKneesCommunistTransitionSocialist Author:Jane Fonda
“I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.” HeartSpeakLordStudyWeekHonestyPrayingMy HeartBrutalBrutal Honesty Author:Mark Driscoll
“Tuesday night at the Bible study we lift our hands and pray over your body, but nothing ever happens.” BodyHandsHappensNightStudyPrayingYour BodyLiftsOver YouBible StudyTuesdayTuesday Night Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They may pray and worship more or less regularly, and they usually stay clear of publicly disgraceful crimes, but they are lukewarm, colorless. Seldom or never do they read a serious book about prayer or study to learn more about God and His plans, to discover how to be humble and chaste and patient. They are always too busy for the one thing necessary.” PeopleMayBookPrayerStudyClearPlansOne ThingCrimeSeriousPrayingWorshipPatientBusyHumbleMediocreToo BusyBe HumbleChasteDisgracefulLukewarmColorless Author:Thomas Dubay
“How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his heart for love, and his senses, all his senses alert or gratified.” MenHeartBeautifulStarsBrainStudyCreationPrayingRoseCreatorSensesI Pray Book:Samarkand Source: Samarkand
“I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.” ThinkingPersonsWantedJobsLeaderStudyPrayingSafeSubmitPopeSubmissionGreat LeaderThrustAdministrative Author:Richard J. Foster
“Let us break through some of the inhibitions that have existed to talk together across the flimsy line of separation of faith: to talk together, to study together, to pray together and ultimately to sing together His Holy name.” TogetherNamesLinesBreakStudyPrayingHolyScarySeparationBreak ThroughInhibitions Author:Joe Lieberman
“Study to do another's will rather than thine own. Choose ever to have less rather than more. Seek ever the lower place and to be subject to all; ever wish and pray that the will of God may be perfectly done in thee and in all. Behold such a man enters the bounds of peace and calm.” MenMayDoneWishStudySubjectsHumilityPrayingBoundsCalmGods WillThee Author:Thomas a Kempis
“I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.” KnowsI CanHomeRememberHoursHalfMorningStudyFourPrayingClubsChessComing Home Author:Bobby Fischer
“But after about a year praying, there was just this clear direction. The leadership team believed that God was leading us to focus on fatherhood. If God is leading, then God will provide. So we begin to get storyline ideas that lined up with the subject of fatherhood that we're working on and fitting, and we were thinking, okay this is good. At the same time, as we are studying scriptures and we're on our journey as fathers, we are learning about fatherhood every day.” IfsThinkingYearsIdeasFatherStudyClearFocusJourneyTeamSubjectsPrayingOkayScriptureGods WillFatherhoodFittingStorylineGod Will ProvideClear Direction Author:Stephen Kendrick
“I can't believe the world was created in six days. I do not take Genesis or Revelation literally. I AM OUT. I am alone. I am an outsider for Christ. I will study my Bible, and pray to God in private and alone. I have no other choice.” WorldBelieveI CanChoicesChristStudyPrayingSixRevelationsOutsidersGenesisPraying To God Author:Anne Rice
“When the Goths are at the gates, forming study groups and praying for deliverance is not effective defense.” StudyGroupsPrayingDefenseGatesDeliveranceGothStudy Group Author:G. Edward Griffin
“Do not wonder that I am so religious. An artist who is not could not produce anything like this. I like praying there at the window when I look out on the green and at the sky. I study with the birds, flowers, God and myself.” LooksArtistReligiousWonderStudySkyProduceFlowerPrayingBirdWindowGreen Author:Antonin Dvorak
“We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.” ShouldForceGrowsChurchLeaderPrinciplesStudyOur LivesPrayingNeededPatientDrivingScriptureDevelopingManifestationProphetMatureExpectingTestimonyBe PatientSpectacularStrengtheningDriving ForceChurch Leaders Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be no place for loose or lazy habits in word or thought, deed or dress. He will observe a soldierly discipline, diet and deportment, so that he may wage a good warfare.” MenMayPlaySleepStudyHe ManPrayingHabitDisciplineWasteDressesDeedsDietsLazyWasting TimeWarfareCaliber Author:J. Oswald Sanders
“Satan dreads nothing but prayer. . . . The Church that lost its Christ was full of good works. Activities are multiplied that meditation may be ousted, and organizations are increased that prayer may have no chance. Souls may be lost in good works, as surely as in evil ways. The one concern of the devil is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” WayMaySoulEvilLostChristChurchChancePrayerLaughingStudyMeditationPrayingActivityDevilConcernOrganizationSaintSatanDreadGood WorkToilFear NotFear Nothing Author:Samuel Chadwick