foxhole prayer
Crisis-born supplication
A foxhole prayer is a desperate appeal to God made only when in serious trouble—like a soldier under fire who suddenly discovers religion.
The term carries a note of skepticism about the sincerity of such faith: He never went to church, but I'm sure he said a few foxhole prayers during the surgery.
Related to the saying "there are no atheists in foxholes."
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- fearEmotional response to threat
- desperate pleaUrgent appeal from distress
plea · faith · war · combat · crisis · life or death · mortality · soldier · refuge · bunker · urgent · survival · last resort · divine · divine intervention · conversion · sincere · bargaining
- prayersOur Father, intercessions, psalm, supplications, petitions
- Warrior Faithmilitary chaplain, army chaplain, chaplains, chaplaincy, military chapel
foxhole prayerunwavering faith
Unshakeable religious trust
daily devotions · daily practice · true believer · contemplative prayer · spiritual discipline
foxhole prayercontemplative prayer
Silent, receptive spiritual practice
intercessory prayer · meditative prayer · worship · adoration
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