The more praying there is in the world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere.
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Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.
We need to pray for our brethren around the world.
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.
I pray as follows: May justice reign, may the laws not be broken, may the wise men be poor, and the poor men rich, without sin.
When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.
Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.