Prayer
noun
A conversation or request to God, a god, or an object of worship.
She begins every morning with a prayer.
Often appears as...
- morning prayer
- prayer service
noun
The act of saying or thinking a prayer.
Prayer is a very important part of her life.
Often appears as...
- moment of prayer
- call to prayer
noun
A hope or wish.
My prayer is that we will see each other again soon.
Often appears as...
- prayer for peace
- a prayer for healing
noun
A religious service at which people get together to pray.
They attended the evening prayer at the church.
Often appears as...
- evening prayer
- morning prayer
noun
A conversation or request to God, a god, or an object of worship.
She begins every morning with a prayer.
Often appears as...
- morning prayer
- prayer service
noun
The act of saying or thinking a prayer.
Prayer is a very important part of her life.
Often appears as...
- moment of prayer
- call to prayer
noun
A hope or wish.
My prayer is that we will see each other again soon.
Often appears as...
- prayer for peace
- a prayer for healing
noun
A religious service at which people get together to pray.
They attended the evening prayer at the church.
Often appears as...
- evening prayer
- morning prayer
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Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used in spiritual or religious discussions and involves reverence and is often solemn.
They shared a prayer before the religious meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
'Prayer' is universal across many religions, not exclusively pertaining to Christianity.
The imam led the prayer in the mosque.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Connection
Often indicates a personal, intimate conversation or request directed at a higher power.
His nightly prayer is a quiet time for reflection.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used in spiritual or religious discussions and involves reverence and is often solemn.
They shared a prayer before the religious meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
'Prayer' is universal across many religions, not exclusively pertaining to Christianity.
The imam led the prayer in the mosque.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Connection
Often indicates a personal, intimate conversation or request directed at a higher power.
His nightly prayer is a quiet time for reflection.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Used in spiritual or religious discussions and involves reverence and is often solemn.
They shared a prayer before the religious meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Christian
'Prayer' is universal across many religions, not exclusively pertaining to Christianity.
The imam led the prayer in the mosque.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Connection
Often indicates a personal, intimate conversation or request directed at a higher power.
His nightly prayer is a quiet time for reflection.
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other days you're looking for smaller stuff scattered around the enclosure so they're getting plenty enrichment out of and the enclosures we have here are also designed in such a way that they're big enough for things like mice and bowls to get through the gaps and i'm sure they're catching live prayer as well and that's really important because once a wildcat makes that first live kill it's a hunter from then on
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under a soldier's cap god help us push them all out the old man's cry became a song then it became a burden as they carried its meaning and certainly along then at last it became a weapon they would attack the center of a crowd with the power of prayer and the song also for knew how to put a smile above the
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A day in the life of an...
Her patient is in labor! She hurries back to the house. All the old women from the extended family have already gathered for the birth— their experience is very valuable if anything goes wrong. She readies herself with a prayer praising her most important tools, her fingers.
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Our Prayers Are With...
every boat coming out here this morning we want you to keep them safe we're pretty diehard about making sure that there is a prayer said over the radio in the morning trying to acknowledge where it all comes from I want you to bless everybody with a catch
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
Satyavan was her one true love, and their fates were entwined forever. Moved by her powerful words, the sage told the princess to follow an ancient spiritual regimen. With regular prayer, periods of fasting, and preparation of special herbs and plants,
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"Everything happens for...
I was not reduced to ashes. I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement.
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with the outside world far isolation had preserved a way of life that had withered everywhere else but a road now links the region to distant cities and on roofs once decorated only with prayer flags
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A glimpse of teenage...
before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
other days you're looking for smaller stuff scattered around the enclosure so they're getting plenty enrichment out of and the enclosures we have here are also designed in such a way that they're big enough for things like mice and bowls to get through the gaps and i'm sure they're catching live prayer as well and that's really important because once a wildcat makes that first live kill it's a hunter from then on
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The reality constructed...
under a soldier's cap god help us push them all out the old man's cry became a song then it became a burden as they carried its meaning and certainly along then at last it became a weapon they would attack the center of a crowd with the power of prayer and the song also for knew how to put a smile above the
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A day in the life of an...
Her patient is in labor! She hurries back to the house. All the old women from the extended family have already gathered for the birth— their experience is very valuable if anything goes wrong. She readies herself with a prayer praising her most important tools, her fingers.
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Our Prayers Are With...
every boat coming out here this morning we want you to keep them safe we're pretty diehard about making sure that there is a prayer said over the radio in the morning trying to acknowledge where it all comes from I want you to bless everybody with a catch
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
Satyavan was her one true love, and their fates were entwined forever. Moved by her powerful words, the sage told the princess to follow an ancient spiritual regimen. With regular prayer, periods of fasting, and preparation of special herbs and plants,
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"Everything happens for...
I was not reduced to ashes. I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement.
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What is a butt tuba and...
The books were created by individuals or teams for uses as wide-ranging as private prayer aids, service books in churches, textbooks, and protective talismans to take into battle. Across all this variation,
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Multiple Husbands PIPE...
with the outside world far isolation had preserved a way of life that had withered everywhere else but a road now links the region to distant cities and on roofs once decorated only with prayer flags
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A glimpse of teenage...
before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
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Earth Day Eve 2021 PIPE...
Feed me sunlight, feed me air Mm mm mm Feed me truth and feed me prayers Mm mm mm
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.
Quote examples
W. H. Auden
English Poet
In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.
Quote examples
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Meister Eckhart
German Philosopher
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.
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