Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.

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When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think...

When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'....

Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'....

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession,...

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession,...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...