“Zijn vader zette een witte plastic zak van de snackbar op tafel en daarna moesten we bidden. Ik vouwde mijn handen en deed mijn ogen dicht, maar ik bad niet. Met patat had God niets te maken.”
“The sad news is, those born into poverty usually remain in poverty. The good news is, these people are among the first to turn to God. The pain of life has made them seek for something better. When they find it, they are no longer poor.”
“This wasn t prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.”
“A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner.”
“Prayer is the sign of your weakness. Rely on your inner strength. You will be the winner.”
“I ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I ll pray, and then I ll sleep.”
“Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.”
“Lord, make me a blessing to someone today.”
“Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.”