"Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present"
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"Pray excuse me. I cannot take it."
"The minister said, “Let us pray,” but as everyone else bowed their head, I could only stare slack-jawed at the sight of Peter Van Houten. After a moment, he whispered, “We gotta fake pray,” and bowed his head."
"Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word."
"For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray."
"The best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them."
"I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results."
"But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise God, to pray, to teach, to utter God's name? They will still keep doing it in secret. If we know that they are doing this in secret, it is the same as if they were doing it publicly. for our knowledge of their secret doings and our toleration of them implies that they are not secret after all and thus our conscience is encumbered with it before God."
"I have to hurry all day to get time to pray."
"When I am angry I can pray well and preach well."
"I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray."
"For many years, I used to pray as an act of power, but that was before I had 100% faith in myself."
"If you want to pray better, you have to pray more."
"By praying ... If you want to pray better, you must pray more."
"I will not pray clarity for you. Clarity is the crutch of the Christian. But I will pray trust for you, that your trust will increase."
"We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist."