Sentences with phrase «wish prayer worked»

This is especially true of the «I wish prayer worked» platitude (a short biased statement is one type of platitude) you posted on Facebook in which you found the «platitudinal posturing» in the responses to be «inappropriate».

Yesterday I posted on Twitter and Facebook «I wish prayer worked!»

Not exact matches

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works... I mean real good works... not holy day keeping, sermon - hearing... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

The programs taught me about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts of HP, all of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love, spiritual principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these spiritual principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.

There was no way to know if your wish that prayer worked might be related to something personal (I didn't see it as your «desperate plea») In that light, I do think some of the comments were platitudes or, worse yet, a taking to task.

I'm still working a whole lot of emotions, ideas, wishes, hopes, dreams out through prayer — and probably will be for a long time.