Andrew Murray Quotes
The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.
Quotes to Explore
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Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.
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It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.
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I like the Kardashians, but I do keep them on the top of my prayer list.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.
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My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
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Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
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It is a bipartisan gathering to be able to pray for the needs back in our districts, for our families and each other. Another thing the prayer caucus does is to address religious liberty issues around the country as they arise.
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All I'm saying is, is God the god who we look to for comfort during tragedies? Is he the god who can control all those things, or is he the god that we don't even trust with our daily lives... As long as there's prayer and exams, as long as there's games, there will be prayers.
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Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
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I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful. I have endless energy, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Supply, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Truth, I am thankful. I have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer.
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The greatest prayer motivator in existence is answered prayer.
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Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.
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I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.
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Our history is a passion for me. I feel that we leave out so much information and huge gaps in the American story and it makes it hard for people to really understand that we are all intricately related as Americans. So I am attracted to historically based projects because we entertain and learn something at the same time. I just love that combination.
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We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.
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If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time we pray, but it does not always come in the way we expect, and our spiritual irritation shows our refusal to identify ourselves truly with our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove that God answers prayer, but to be living trophies of God’s grace.
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Nobody should be wearing a scrunchie anymore. I feel angry. That is my tipping point.
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If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer.
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It feels humiliating to be in a band where you have to be apologizing for one person all the time.
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In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."
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If you can no longer think about the future, and you once dreamed of everlasting love, don't give up the dream, find it again.
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I always had a running commentary in my head that was extremely funny and off-center, but I never said it to anyone.
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The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.
