Regina Brett Quotes

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.

I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.

I pray and I meditate every day. It can be a great, great asset.

I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount.

I open my mind and allow the Holy Spirit to come in.

I want to get to know God.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

Trying harder doesn’t work for me. Slowly I’ve learned to pray for God’s help and He has become my greatest love and desire.

The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.

Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you don't have matter a lot less.

Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it

Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.

We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be ready to do it now. These are only the first steps towards prayer but if we never make the first step with determination, we will not reach the last one: the presence of God