Recalling my 9/8/2014 post, I wish to repeat two quotes for readers who may have missed or forgotten:
"Make [group] prayers brief"
"We ought to worship Him with our hearts and not with these long, flowery sentences. ... We can pray by ourselves and we can take as long time as we wish ..."
"When others are kneeling down with us, we ought in our prayers to be direct and brief, and not pray about everything there is on the earth and imagine that we must mention everything in detail or the Lord won't know about it. He does know ... If we pay attention to the Lord's prayer that He taught His disciples, we will see the beauty of that, how simple it was and direct; it contained no superfluous words ..." (See St. Matthew 6:9-13) – Gospel Truth Volume 2, Discourses and Writings of President George Q. Cannon, compiled by Jerreld L. Newquist, ©1974 Deseret Book Company, p.172
"Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks ..." – 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
I give thanks for my eternal companion Kay, and I pray for help to be worthy of her. From experience with joy and daily miracles, I know the value of prayer. May we all find true happiness through sincere prayer to our Father in Heaven.
