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We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more human.

We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more human.
– Eugene H Peterson

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  3. Pray greatly.Pray gladly.Pray graciously.Pray gallantly. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  4. Pray patiently.Pray purposefully.Pray painstakingly.Pray perfectly. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  5. Pray daily.Pray daringly.Pray desperately.Pray determinedly. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  6. Pray sensibly.Pray scrupulously.Pray selflessly.Pray seriously. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  7. Prayer is a way of language practiced in the presence of God in which we become more than ourselves while remaining ourselves. – Eugene H Peterson
  8. Greatness is not dependent on your background, it is dependent on how much value you were able to add to yourself per time. – Sunday Adelaja
  9. The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured. – Rick Warren
  10. Less fear, more courage.Less doubt, more faith.Less talking, more action.Less ignorance, more knowledge. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  11. Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream. – Eugene H Peterson
  12. My job is not to solve people’s problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives. – Eugene H Peterson
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  14. The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass. – Eugene H Peterson
  15. God uses language to create and command us. – Eugene H Peterson
  16. Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence. – Eugene H Peterson
  17. Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance. – Eugene H Peterson
  18. The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness. – Eugene H Peterson
  19. The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot – Eugene H Peterson
  20. The church is the primary arena in which we learn that glory does not consist in what we do for God but in what God does for us. – Eugene H Peterson
  21. Spontaneities offer one kind of pleasure and taste of sanctity, repetitions another equally pleasurable and holy. – Eugene H Peterson
  22. Preaching reveals God in action here and now — for ME. – Eugene H Peterson
  23. There is nothing more common than for people who want to talk about God to lose interest in the people they are talking to. – Eugene H Peterson
  24. Isn’t it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? – Eugene H Peterson
  25. Without stories we end up with stereotypes — a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no INTERIOR. – Eugene H Peterson
  26. Pray until you can pray. And when you can pray, keep praying. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  27. I don’t pray because it makes sense to pray. I pray because my life doesn’t make sense without prayer. – Noah Benshea
  28. Pray for good.Pray for happy.And always pray for Mom. – Richelle E Goodrich
  29. Cheer up, love. Have faith it will get better, and if it don’t, well darlin’ that is what your knees are for. Pray pray pray. – Jennifer Megan Varnadore
  30. I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful.I’ll pray, and then I’ll sleep. – Marilynne Robinson
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  35. If dat ghost have money, I tells him never to haunt you less’n he wants to lose it! – Eugene ONeill
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  37. Live more, whine less. Smile more, worry less. Love more, hate less. – Sravani Saha Nakhro
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  39. Cities who do not have trams always look less literary, less poetic, and less mysterious! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  40. The great GOD is a tower of refuge to the poor.The great GOD is a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. – Lailah Gifty Akita

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