Sentence examples for focus on praying from inspiring English sources

At the White House, the President said the nation should focus on praying for the victims' families and others at the school.

The leader of a major Southern Baptist seminary issued a statement Sunday pushing back after a 2000 tape surfaced purporting to quote him saying that abused women should focus on praying and "be submissive in every way that you can" and not seek divorce.

The evening service was shorter than usual, a pastor said, because it was meant to focus on praying for the victims and their families.

Jok, now chairman of the Sudd Institute think-tank, described how Machar formed a committee to draw up a "practical, scientific" plan to rebuild ethnic relations, only to have it disbanded by Kiir, who put church leaders in charge to "focus on praying away the woes of South Sudan and nothing more".

Monks were on a spiritual fast track — so meditation was great for them — but ordinary people focussed on praying and making donations to monasteries, in the hope of increasing their karma and being reborn as more spiritual beings.

In an interview with Fox News that aired Tuesday evening, Scalise dismissed calls for gun reform as "wrong" and said Americans should be focused on praying for the victims rather that pushing their political beliefs. .

The parish priest addressed the issue in his sermon, she said, noting the church had made mistakes and now needed to focus on and pray for victims.

They insisted on praying.

Keep on praying, keep on praying, keep on praying.

If they come in, that is maybe the end of our lives.' We kept on praying and praying and praying".

This article originally appeared on VICE IN.