Sentence examples for weeks of prayer from inspiring English sources

The first thought that came to mind was, How am I going to explain this to my dad and my family?" After weeks of prayer, Father Bourgeois informed the Vatican that he would not repent.

Once a Christian Scientist, Mrs. Swan said that in 1977 a church "practitioner" -- a member who is paid to pray -- told her and her husband after several weeks of prayer that their 17-month-old son, Matthew, was suffering from a broken bone.

Typically, it can take weeks of prayer and persuading before a new member in church finally makes the decision to establish their commitment by joining a service department.

It started in 1989 as the Harlem Week of Prayer.

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began Friday, a century after the first such celebration.

These two leaders and their Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Atonement soon became Roman Catholics, so the week of prayer naturally had little appeal to Protestants.

Greeting pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the pope noted that Sunday was the start of an annual week of prayer dedicated to Christian unity.

During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated every year (January 18 25), Christians from many traditions engage in prayer, Bible study, worship, and fellowship in anticipation of the unity that Christ wills.

For instance: churches are now marking the start of the week of prayer for Christian unity; which would be a grand idea but for the fact that it exposes the differences between them all the more clearly.

After several weeks of daily prayer or prayer, you may begin to notice positive results in your life: more calmness, better concentration, more focus, more understanding of how negative the usual mental chatter can be.

After two weeks of outdoor prayer protests, Hamas banned them earlier in the week, almost ensuring a new clash on Friday.