Quotes about Connection

How can you keep your mind from wandering when you pray? Remember what you are doing: talking to God. If you had the opportunity to talk with the president, I doubt if your mind would wander. [We] have the privilege of talking to someone far greater: the King of kings!

Prayer is not our using of God; it more often puts us in the position where God can use us.

Family prayer is a fourth vital link in the chain of spiritual strength—a strength we are trying to build to protect us from a world gone mad. Practicing prayer as a family, not just a flippant blessing before a meal, can give us the security we need.

We are to be catch basins for the fullness of God. Like a freshly running spring, we are to overflow and let our lives touch the lives of those around us.

Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.

Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God's strength and guidance along the way.

Prayer is our lifeline to God.

Prayer is not an option but a necessity.

Prayer is the companion of Bible study.

We insult God by speaking to Him with our lips while our hearts are far from Him.

The church isn't just a particular building or congregation but the spiritual fellowship of all who belong to Jesus Christ. If we belong to Christ, we also belong to each other.

There will never be no love at all.