Charles Bent Quotes

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

God can show you just what you need to give, even if you don't know exactly why you're giving it. That's why we should always seek God and prepare to give Him our very best.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

Until you pray, God cannot work.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!

Hearing the word is the devout receiving of the will of God.

'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.

The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.

I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

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.

Now, whether my not asking for good things to happen to me is subconsciously intended to win me brownie points with God is something I can't answer. But I do feel the need to give thanks and also not to feel hypocritical by asking for things when I have doubts that God would answer me.

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.

I have never been religious. I talk to God every day, but He's never said a word to me about religion! I think the most powerful prayer is surrender.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.