Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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Pray, even if you feel nothing, see nothing. For when you are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to God, even though you may find little joy in it. This is true of all believing prayer.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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God is all that is good, as to my sight, and the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.
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The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
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Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God’s will.
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The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
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He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.
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He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
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Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
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That which is impossible to thee is not impossible to me: I shall save my word in all things and I shall make all things well.
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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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He shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
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