Sincere Prayer Quotes

• Sincere prayer is answered by unfailing grace.

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  Shri Radhe Maa

  Prayer   Grace   Sincere Prayer  

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• When the course of events shall have removed you to distant scenes of action where laurels not nurtured with the blood of my country may be gathered, I shall urge sincere prayers for your obtaining every honor and preferment which may gladden the heart of a soldier.

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  Thomas Jefferson

  Country   Prayer   Heart  

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• If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquillity of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. Within the depths of consciousness a flame kindles. And man sees himself. He discovers his selfishness, his silly pride, his fears, his greeds, his blunders. He develops a sense of moral obligation, intellectual humility. Thus begins a journey of the soul toward the realm of grace.

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  Alexis Carrel

  Prayer   Selfish   Silly  

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• Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.

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  David A. Bednar

  Prayer   Father   Answers  

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• We need not worry if we can’t simultaneously do all of the things that the Lord has counseled us to do. He has spoken of a time and a season for all things. In response to our sincere prayers for guidance, He will direct us in what should be emphasized at each phase of our life. We can learn, grow, and become like Him one consistent step at a time.

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  Richard G. Scott

  Prayer   Worry   Needs  

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• There is no burden of the spirit but is lightened by kneeling under it. Little by little, the bitterest feelings are sweetened by the mention of them in prayer. And agony itself stops swelling, if we can only cry sincerely, "My God, my God!"

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  William Mountford

  Prayer   Agony   Feelings  

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 466), 1895.

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• Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.

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  David O. McKay

  Prayer   Blessing   Virtue  

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• It's so hard when sincere prayer about something you desire very much is not answered the way you want. It is difficult to understand why your exercise of deep and sincere faith from an obedient life does not grant the desired result. At times it is difficult to recognize what is best or expedient for you over time. Your life will be easier when you accept that what God does in your life is for your eternal good.

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  Richard G. Scott

  Prayer   Exercise   Desire  

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• Prayers prayed in the Spirit never die until they accomplish God's intended purpose. His answer may not be what we expected, or when we expected it, but God often provides much more abundantly than we could think or ask. He interprets our intent and either answers or stores up our prayers. Sincere prayers are never lost. Energy, time, love, and longing can be endowments that will never be wasted or go unrewarded.

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  Wesley L Duewel

  Prayer   Thinking   Energy  

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• Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

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  Socrates

  Prayer   Blessed   Philosophical  

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• A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct their affairs, has not been seen, perhaps, on earth. Or if it existed for a moment at the birth of ours, it would not be easy to fix the term of its continuance. Still, I believe it does exist here in a greater degree than anywhere else; and for its growth and continuance... I offer sincere prayers.

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  Thomas Jefferson

  Wise   Prayer   Selfish  

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.293

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