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Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

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If we are to pray aright perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important but what God wa...more

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Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions demanded by work become eas...more

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The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determi...more

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Here all fear of one another, all timidity about praying freely in one's own words in the presence of others may be put aside where in all simplicity ...more

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Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community e...more

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Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him whether the heart is full or empty.

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Lord, whatsoever this day may bring, Thy name be praised. Be gracious unto me and help me. Grant me strength to bear whatsoever Thou dost send, And le...more

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Freedom for the Church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise, it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great many new ties.

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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ then we pray correctly.

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Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to t...more

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The renewal of the Church will come from a new type of monasticism which only has in common with the old an uncompromising allegiance to the Sermon on...more

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As far as we are concerned, there is no dislike, no personal tension, no disunity or strife that cannot be overcome by intercessory prayer. Intercesso...more

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The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes a "religious soc...more

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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to ...more