Quote

Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.

Thomas Watson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Thomas Watson
Bosom
Bosoms
Heavenly
Breathing
Prayer
Father
Soul

More quotes by Thomas Watson

Image
First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.
Thomas Watson
Image
Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones.
Thomas Watson
Image
If you don't genuinely like your customers, chances are they won't buy.
Thomas Watson
Image
The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.
Thomas Watson
Image
God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.
Thomas Watson
Image
This crown of free will is fallen from our head and If it be God's purpose that saves then it is not free will.
Thomas Watson
Image
It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.
Thomas Watson
Image
Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace.
Thomas Watson
Image
The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.
Thomas Watson
Image
Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.
Thomas Watson
Image
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
Thomas Watson
Image
If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.
Thomas Watson
Image
There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his purchase, the soul of its happiness.
Thomas Watson
Image
If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.
Thomas Watson
Image
The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.
Thomas Watson
Image
Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.
Thomas Watson
Image
God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.
Thomas Watson
Image
The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.
Thomas Watson
Image
A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.
Thomas Watson
Image
The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.
Thomas Watson