Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
Men of prayer, before anything else, are indispensable to the furtherance of the kingdom of God on earth. No other sort will fit in the scheme or do the deed. Men, great and influential in other things but small in prayer, cannot do the work Almighty God has set out for His Church to do in this, His world.
Men who pray are, in reality, the only religious men, and it takes a full-measured man to pray.
Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.
Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.
Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.
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