From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.
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Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying.
Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.
Prayer is where the action is.
Whereas religious prayers sing of peace and harmony, religion has divided human beings through an atrocious history of enmity and bloodshed. Yet, behind the veil of superficiality and hypocrisy, I always believed in the inherent beauty of God that lies at the essence of all true spiritual paths.
Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.
For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to the Lord. Through this intimate relationship we find peace and guidance.
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
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