
"No TIme for Neutrality", p. 107
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997)
"No TIme for Neutrality", p. 107
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997)
The Efficacy of Prayer (1958)
Context: Prayer is not a machine. It is not magic. It is not advice offered to God. Our act, when we pray, must not, any more than all our other acts, be separated from the continuous act of God Himself, in which alone all finite causes operate. It would be even worse to think of those who get what they pray for as a sort of court favorites, people who have influence with the throne. The refused prayer of Christ in Gethsemane is answer enough to that. And I dare not leave out the hard saying which I once heard from an experienced Christian: “I have seen many striking answers to prayer and more than one that I thought miraculous. But they usually come at the beginning: before conversion, or soon after it. As the Christian life proceeds, they tend to be rarer. The refusals, too, are not only more frequent; they become more unmistakable, more emphatic.” Does God then forsake just those who serve Him best? Well, He who served Him best of all said, near His tortured death, “Why hast thou forsaken me?” When God becomes man, that Man, of all others, is least comforted by God, at His greatest need. There is a mystery here which, even if I had the power, I might not have the courage to explore. Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.
Biharul Anwar,Volume 82, Page 202
Shi'ite Hadith
“Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.”
“To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.”
Prier Dieu c'est se flatter qu'avec des paroles on changera toute la nature.
Notebooks (c.1735-c.1750)
Citas
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”
"Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State" (1995)
2014-01-31
William Lane Craig: God Hears Your Super Bowl Prayers
Kate Shellnutt
Christianity Today
0009-5753
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/january-web-only/god-watches-big-game-william-lane-craig.html
Posed question: "What’s the value in praying for God's will to be done for the outcome of a game if God's will will be done whether we pray or not?"