The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over and into all times.
– Peter Kreeft
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- Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God. – Peter Kreeft
- The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin! – Peter Kreeft
- You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint. – Peter Kreeft
- There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy. – Peter Kreeft
- It is true, as John Bunyan said, that God infinitely prefers a heart without words to words without a heart when we pray. – Peter Kreeft
- Practice silence, practice patience, practice to love every existence, peace will be there. – Debasish Mridha
- Léon Bloy wrote: ‘Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint – Peter Kreeft
- It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. – Peter Kreeft
- Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on. – Peter Kreeft
- Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are. – Peter Kreeft
- Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto. – Peter Kreeft
- I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity.I enjoy the times of prosperity and endure the times of difficulty. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The heart wasn’t designed to decide it was designed to feel. – Wordions
- Your mind controls your actions and that means when your mind gives you designed thoughts, your actions too are going to be designed actions! – Israelmore Ayivor
- When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. – Clifton Fadiman
- Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations. – Vijay Govindarajan
- God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. – CS Lewis
- Great deeds begin in the mind,extraordinary deeds begin in the heart,and remarkable deeds begin in the soul. – Matshona Dhliwayo
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- Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately. – Anne Frank
- We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, -œLo, I am with you always- [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us. – Billy Graham
- Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith. – Elizabeth George
- Whatever a person wants to sacrifice for God will be multiplied many times over by God will be multiplied many times over by God for that person – Sunday Adelaja
- If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits. – Billy Graham
- Forgiveness is-¦an archaic perception of personal debt and guilt designed by the ego to trap us unendingly within itself. – Peter Santos
- We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence. – Billy Graham
- Prayer is thinking deeply about something in the presence of God. – Wayne Cordeiro
- God’s presence is the gift of prayer. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- If you bow your knees more often in prayer, you will feel the presence of God. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- 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
- There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. – Terry Pratchett
- If you don’t practice presence, you never learn how to have busyness facilitate accomplishment. – Darrell Calkins
- Great cooking is all about the three ‘p’s: patience, presence, and practice. – Michael Pollan
- But prayer isn’t asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right. – Max Lucado
- The purpose of prayer is not for the disciple to give information to God. The purpose of prayer is intimacy with God. – David Platt
- Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them. – Tara Bray Smith
- she…let the blood spill down instead of tears. – Cassandra Clare
- A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it. – Ben Marcus
- Make stress work as the fuel inside, not as the oil-spill on the road. – Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre
- Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They’re personal problems that spill over into relationships. – Rick Warren