prayerlessness love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being prayerless; total or habitual neglect of prayer.

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  • noun The state or condition of being prayerless; failure to pray.

Etymologies

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prayerless +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Hi Ray – just ran across your blog while finding quotes on prayerlessness.

    Church Invitations at Easter (George Barna) at Ray Fowler .org 2010

  • Dear Lord, please take my prayerlessness and make my life a prayer to you.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Angcat 2008

  • Dear Lord, please take my prayerlessness and make my life a prayer to you.

    Make My Life a Prayer to You Belinda 2008

  • Recognizing dryness, prayerlessness, temptation, and discouragement as prohibiters of spiritual growth can help us deal with them in such a way that they actually propel us toward greater intimacy with God.

    The God of Yes David Edwards 2003

  • All of it was traceable to a prayerless state of heart, for no one can read this word of the Spirit to this Laodicean Church and not see that the very core of their sin was prayerlessness.

    The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991

  • And if that be true, it requires no undue straining of the Scriptures when we say that the unbelief and prayerlessness of a church can tie the hands of its preacher, and prevent him from doing many great works in the salvation of souls and in edifying saints.

    The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991

  • This is what aggravates the sin of prayerlessness.

    The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991

  • These people were prayerless, and knew not the import of such prayerlessness.

    The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991

  • In the end, poor praying and prayerlessness amount to the same thing, for poor praying proceeds from a lack of the sense of need, while prayerlessness has its origin in the same soil.

    The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991

  • When we look back upon the past and remember how much prayerlessness there has been in one's own life, words of criticism of others wither away on the lips.

    The Kneeling Christian Unknown Christian 1971

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