That Is Life. Quotes

Prayer is meant to happen everywhere. After all, Daniel prayed in the lion’s den. Jonah prayed in a fish’s stomach. Elijah prayed in the desert. And Jesus prayed on the cross.

Somewhere, somehow, at some unknown intersection between prayer and work, God indwells our humble offering—God indwells us—and turns human actions into spiritual awakenings.

Prayer is the main dish. Everything else is gravy.

You have to be near Him to hear Him.

It’s easier to be close to God during prayer time when you’re close to God all the time.

There comes a point where you need to lose your religion in order to restore your relationship.

See every distraction as a clarion call back to prayer.

Prayer is about steeping in the Spirit of a God so loving that He totally changes you.

Prayer changes us because that’s what relationships do.

Changed people change nations.

Nowadays when we bow our heads before meals, we no longer say grace—we receive it.

Prayer is simply a constant communion with Christ.

There’s nothing like breaking the law to hear from the Lord.

May Love Reign In All Universes andPeace Within Each One Us

Prayer releases your problems to God.

Prayer mirrors the gospel. In the gospel, the Father takes us as we are and gives us his gift of salvation. In prayer, the Father receives us as we are because of Jesus and gives us his gift of help.

We do not want to be beginners (at prayer), but let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything but beginners all of our lives. --Thomas Merton

God loves a prayer of action.

God's favorite type of prayer is action.

Your positive thoughts are both the prayer, and the answer to your prayer.

But never has the Call been so clearAs now, when death’s cool handEases my spirit from my fevered body--And I answer the Call of the Master—The Call to new Heights.

We are not to mimic witches spicing their caldrons with a little eye of newt and tail of squirrel when we add Jesus’ name to our prayers.

1.01 MY PRAYERNo stone may turn when I walk, No being may pain when I talk, No man may dread of my knock, And this I ask of You to stock.[1] - 1

It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us.

Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.

An orchestra of temple bells and chanting erupted suddenly like a pleasing drizzle.

Sometimes not getting what you want is God's greatest blessing.

When I look back, I realize I was praying for something God had already given me.

In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out perceived flaws in God's art.

Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.

We have an allergic reaction to dependency, but this is the state of the heart most necessary for a praying life. A need heart is a praying heart. Dependency is the heartbeat of prayer.

We don't know how bad we are until we try to be good. Nothing exposes our selfishness and spiritual pwerlessness like prayer.

The kingdom comes when Jesus becomes king of your life. But it has to be your life.

In order to pray like a child, you might need to unlearn the nonpersonal, nonreal praying that you've been taught.

Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.

Ann prayed because of a gut-wrenching, throbbing pain in her soul. She urgently begged the Lord for her life.

DeeDee had to have a firm grasp on reality. Yet she knew God was bigger than a pathology report. So she prayed.

I have no guarantee that God will choose to heal Ann, but I know he wants me to pray to that end.

We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.

Their prayers impacted the outcome of the fight.

Sadly, some folks don’t live . . . they merely exist.

Sometimes we have to think of the worst so we can figure out how to pick up the pieces and move on. Don't let life slap you with a cold shock

Sorry’ is, indeed, one of the most difficult and most powerful words in the English language, provided one can feel and say it at the same time.

Death is the price you paid for being born.

What if you wake up some day, and you’re 65… and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?

The paths you walk in life should always be by design, either consciously or subconsciously.

Life is a long boring drive on an empty road punctuated by special moments that make the journey worth taking.

Life is beautiful. Suffering is due to unconscious following.

It takes all of our life to learn how to live, and – something that may surprise you more – it takes just as long to learn how to die.

Control and manipulation are not love