You can find thousands of books on prayer that give you methods of praying, hundreds of 'hows'; but they do you no good at all unless you actually pray. Otherwise it's like reading a cookbook instead of cooking. You can't eat a cookbook
— Emmanuel Oko Mensah, Geistlicher und Pastor
Note on attribution: Der Satz wird gewöhnlich dem Philosophen Peter Kreeft zugeschrieben; unter diesem Namen taucht er erst in späteren Sammlungen auf.
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
All quotes by Emmanuel Oko Mensah (2)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson