Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.

Lord please restore to us the comfort of merit and demerit. Show us that there is at least something we can do. Tell us that at the end of the day there will at least be one redeeming card of our very own. Lord if it is not too much to ask send us to bed with a few shreds of self-respect upon which we can congratulate ourselves. But whatever you do do not preach grace. Give us something to do anything but spare us the indignity of this indiscriminate acceptance.

It is no use to ask God with factitious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with the desire for B. We must lay before Him what is in us not what ought to be in us.

Just as ceremonial fasting was a legitimate means for getting Gods attention Mt 616-18 Ac 132-3 1423 the casting of lots was a legitimate means for inviting God to intercede on a matter. Pr 1818 It was not expected that God should intervene every time 1Sam 286 but the ceremonial casting of lots was an invitation for God to participate in the final decision. page 21

God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him. God is great because nothing is too small for Him either.

Feel the energy starting with your hands and if you maintain the sensation of being connected to that energy as you pray you can be more deeply immersed in your prayer. The reason is that the entire universe is composed of the energy youre feeling with your hands right now. When you maintain that feeling of connection with the universe as you pray for the great hopes and dreams cherished by your soul you are broadcasting your prayer to the entire universe as your audience. If the whole universe is resonating with your dream and working with you to make your dream come true wouldnt that lend great strength to you

By then I wasnt just asking questions I was being changed by them. I was being changed by my prayers which dwindled down nearer and nearer to silence which werent confrontations with God but with the difficulty--in my own mind or in the human lot--of knowing what or how to pray. Lying awake at night I could feel myself being changed--into what I had no idea.

They say there is six degrees of separation between you and another person. However when people are praying for you there are only two degrees.

The difficulties of life do not have to be unbearable. It is the way we look at them - through faith or unbelief - that makes them seem so. We must be convinced that our Father is full of love for us and that He only permits trials to come our way for our own good.Let us occupy ourselves entirely in knowing God. The more we know Him the more we will desire to know Him. As love increases with knowledge the more we know God the more we will truly love Him. We will learn to love Him equally in times of distress or in times of great joy.

Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation sell homes or teach classes design spaces or open franchises prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Dont just brainstorm praystorm.