One must pray first but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.--Wanda

It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either signifies nothing or has only a negative significance.If on the other hand we believe that we are living souls Gods dust and Gods breath acting our parts among other creatures all made of the same dust and breath as ourselves and if we understand that we are free within the obvious limits of moral human life to do evil or good to ourselves and to the other creatures - then all our acts have a supreme significance. If it is true that we are living souls and morally free then all of us are artists. All of us are makers within mortal terms and limits of our lives of one anothers lives of things we need and use...If we think of ourselves as living souls immortal creatures living in the midst of a Creation that is mostly mysterious and if we see that everything we make or do cannot help but have an everlasting significance for ourselves for others and for the world then we see why some religious teachers have understood work as a form of prayer...Work connects us both to Creation and to eternity. pg. 316 Christianity and the Survival of Creation

He who has the audacity to stop you from dreaming is he who had given you the imaginations to think but not those who watch you as you explore the dreams

You are angry at the God you were taught to believe in as a child. The God who is supposed to watch over you and protect you who answers your prayers and forgives your sins. This God is just a story. Religions try to capture God but God is beyond religion. The true God lies beyond our comprehension. We cant understand His will He cant be explained in a book. He didnt abandon us and He will not save us. He has nothing to do with our being here. God does not change. He simply is. I dont pray to God for forgiveness or favors I only pray to be closer to Him and when I pray I fill my heart with love. When I pray this way I know that God is love. When I feel that love I remember that we dont need angels or a heaven because we are a part of God already.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of Gods help is not partial but total.

Prayer does change things all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.

The promise of a dreamers future will always remain greater than their present ability. God will always give them dreams that are further along than their current level of maturity.

Pray hope and dont worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.

Dont be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here at us twisted dreamers.

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 Sons image.