The Meaning of PrayerAssociation Press, 1915 - 196 pages When anyone undertakes to study the meaning and to cultivate the habit of prayer, it is well for the person to understand, from the beginning, that he is dealing with a natural function of his life and not with an artificial addition. For instance, raising palm trees in Greenland would be an unnatural proceeding. They never were intended to grow there and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing. The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure, were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us, that prayer is indigenous in us, that we do pray, one way or another, even though fitfully and without effect, and that we humans always have prayed and always will pray. |
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... Grant me , therefore , so to repent of my negligence , that I may obtain mercy from Thee , and pass the time which Thou shalt yet allow me in diligent performance of Thy commands , through Jesus Christ . Amen . - Samuel Johnson ( 1709 ...
... Grant me , therefore , so to repent of my negligence , that I may obtain mercy from Thee , and pass the time which Thou shalt yet allow me in diligent performance of Thy commands , through Jesus Christ . Amen . - Samuel Johnson ( 1709 ...
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... grant us grace to desire Thee with our whole heart ; that so desiring we may seek and find Thee ; and so finding Thee may love Thee ; and loving Thee , may hate those sins from which Thou hast redeemed us . Amen.- Anselm ( 1033-1109 ) ...
... grant us grace to desire Thee with our whole heart ; that so desiring we may seek and find Thee ; and so finding Thee may love Thee ; and loving Thee , may hate those sins from which Thou hast redeemed us . Amen.- Anselm ( 1033-1109 ) ...
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... grant to those who have gone forth to fight our battles by land or sea , protection in danger , patience in suffering , and moderation in victory . Look with compassion on the sick , the wounded , and the captives ; sanctify to them ...
... grant to those who have gone forth to fight our battles by land or sea , protection in danger , patience in suffering , and moderation in victory . Look with compassion on the sick , the wounded , and the captives ; sanctify to them ...
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... grant you , according to the riches of his glory , that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith ; to the end that ye , being rooted and grounded in love ...
... grant you , according to the riches of his glory , that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith ; to the end that ye , being rooted and grounded in love ...
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... grant us the good whether we pray for it or not , but evil keep from us , though we pray for it . ” If today one crosses the borders of Christianity into Mohammedanism , not only will he find formal prayer five times daily , when the ...
... grant us the good whether we pray for it or not , but evil keep from us , though we pray for it . ” If today one crosses the borders of Christianity into Mohammedanism , not only will he find formal prayer five times daily , when the ...
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