The prayer life does
The prayer life does not consist of perpetual repetition of petitions. The prayer life consists of life that is always upward and onward and Godward G. Campbell Morgan
Petitions
Ministers should not pray
Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God’s ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him. … Read more
I believe, the NAACP
I believe, the NAACP began to try to organize parents of Negro children to file petitions with the boards of education regarding the integration of the school system. You had some very severe economic reprisals against people in Mississippi and in South Carolina. So, in order to try to help to meet some of the … Read more
I see women who
I see women who have this struggle between what they know is right, what they know is necessary, what they know is healthy, what they know is good for them, what they know is good for the work that they need to do, what they know is good for their bodies, what they know is … Read more
Where did you get
Where did you get the idea you aren’t allowed to petition the universe with prayer? You are part of this universe, Liz. You’re a constituent–you have every entitlement to participate in the actions of the universe, and to let your feelings be known. So, put your opinion out there. Make your case. Believe me–it will … Read more
The Pope going to
The Pope going to Jerusalem, the Pope recognising the State of Islam, the Pope going to the wall organising a concert for the Holocaust in the Vatican, going to the synagogue in Vatican, and that happens in Protestant service as well. That doesn’t mean that anti-Semitism disappear, but it is on certain level that Jews … Read more
What, more petitions! Won\\’t
What, more petitions! Won’t you be, and stay, intimidated? You must really annoy Sen. Dodd. Here it is [my signature], and I hope it does some good. Edward Condon
On May 15, 1957
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. … It was at this time that the idea of the scientists’ petition against nuclear weapons tests was born. That evening we discussed it at length after dinner at my house and various ones of those present were scribbling … Read more
It is subversive to
It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . . It is subversive for commissions like this to spread hysteria and intimidation throughout the land that Americans are afraid to sign petitions, afraid to read progressive magazines, afraid to make out checks for … Read more
Spread out your petition
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, \”Thy will, not mine, be done.\” The sweetest lesson I have learned in God’s school is to let the Lord choose for me. Dwight L. Moody