Jeff Lemire Quotes

Much of her life had been lived like a balancing act on a spearpoint fence, and on a particularly difficult night when she was twelve, she had decided that instinct was, in fact, the quiet voice of God. Prayers did receive replies, but you had to listen closely and believe in the answer. At twelve, she wrote in her diary: "God doesn't shout; He whispers, and in the whisper is the way.

Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me.

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly Father is a divine and delicate process. This crucial communication should be conducted with great care and in compliance with sacred counsel.

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

I believe in prayer. I pray every night.

Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens.

Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man's wants and God's goodness.

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.

Prayer is the little implement through which men reach; where presence is denied them.

God cannot be seen, but He can listened to and spoken to!

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

Our prayers are prophets.

Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.

Prayer is the greatest use of my words.

Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.