In order to pray like a child, you might need to unlearn the nonpersonal, nonreal praying that you've been taught.

Paul E. Miller
Some Similar Quotes
  1. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O, teach my heart To find that better way! - Alexander Pope

  2. Writing is prayer. - Franz Kafka

  3. I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. - Martin Luther

  4. I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway. - Nicholas Sparks

  5. Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen. - Thomas Aquinas

More Quotes By Paul E. Miller
  1. God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering hearts, restlessly searching for a new Eden... The best gift of the desert is God's presence... The protective love of the Shepherd gives me courage to face the interior journey.

  2. Sometimes when we say "God is silent, " what's really going on is that he hasn't told the story the way we wanted it told. He will be silent when we want him to fill in the blanks of the story we are creating. But...

  3. If you wait, your heavenly Father will pick you up, carry you out into the night, and make your life sparkle. He wants to dazzle you with the wonder of his love.

  4. Self-will and prayer are both ways of getting things done. At the center of self-will is me, carving a world in my image, but at the center of prayer is God, carving me in his Son's image.

  5. Everything you do is connected to who you are as a person and, in turn, creates the person you are becoming. Everything you do affects those you love. All of life is covenant. Imbedded in the idea of prayer is a richly textured view of...

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