Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they’re taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it’s normal to kneel down to a naked man who’s nailed to a cross? It’s like a bad...

Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like...

Brother Lawrence says, in The Practice of the Presence of God, ‘There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God. Those only...

Let your faith in the Universe deepen, purify and strengthen most on your troublesome, dark days. If you close your eyes in prayer, surrendering every problem and desire, you will find a way out without...

The canvas of your life can reflect infinite beauty depending on the colors you opt to splash on it.

Discouragement, fear, and depression—three villains who lurk in the dark.They slip inside souls with a blindfold and goals to shatter your dreams and extinguish your spark.Their tactics are highly effective.They crush a great many each...

If all else fails, we then factor (fall) into our equation. And pray hard, someone factors (catching us) into theirs.

In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you’re not afraid of the dark.

When you live by God’s Word, your life works. When you live without God’s Word, life doesn’t work. God’s Word builds you up, feeds your soul, and gives you strength, direction, guidance, hope, encouragement, and...

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly. (friend who is a priest said regarding prayer)

Nay, in many cases open denials of prayer prove the most excellent answers, and God’s not hearing us is the most signal audience. Therefore at the foot of every prayer subscribe “thy will be done,”...

We don’t know how bad we are until we try to be good. Nothing exposes our selfishness and spiritual pwerlessness like prayer.

God is the only one who listens to her… she is the prototype of the devout woman who perseveres in prayer, convinced that it will be heard… How many favours each of us could tell...

Lord Jesus,’ Christy whispered, ‘I want You to hold the key. I want You to decide what should happen in my heart’s garden. I want You to let in or send out anything or anybody...

To be all we are designed to be, we must consult the great designer — consistently.

Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be of much importance to you.

If a prayer is the way we talk to God, if a million people pray, that’s got to be one big message.

We must approach our meditation realizing that ‘grace,’ ‘mercy,’ and ‘faith’ are not permanent inalienable possessions which we gain by our efforts and retain as though by right, provided that we behave ourselves. They are...

God, change the burden of my heart to be like a gentle rain which falls equally on all

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

The evil of the Church is the doing of Church work in a spirit of business, something to be got through. The only way to avoid this is for the priest to be instant in...

Prayer is the sign of your weakness. Rely on your inner strength. You will be the winner.

We need to keep on praying, keep on believing, keep on enduring and keep on trusting God. With God, all things are subject to change

I have ascended to the highest in me, and look, the Word is towering above that. I have descended to explore my lowest depths, and I found Him deeper still.

Let a prayer speak the wishing of your heart. AFFIRMATION: Anchoring my soul by the immense power of my heart, acknowledging the void within, and may it be full-filled … and so BE it!

It’s never too late to get down on your knees and pray.

Preaching never edifies a prayerless soul.

Lack of spiritual desire should grieve us and lead us to lament its absence, to seek earnestly for its bestowal, so that our praying, henceforth, should be an expression of the soul’s sincere desire.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed.” (Mark 1:35)

And here’s something else, another problem you might have: Suppose your prayers aren’t answered. What do you say? “Well, it’s God’s will.” “Thy Will Be Done.” Fine, but if it’s God’s will, and He’s going...

Love and Trust God, It’s a life time commitment!!!

Music is the sweetest language for hearts, kindest prayer for souls, peaceful breeze for minds, and a magical sail for imaginations.

My prayer will shake heaven to come down and kiss the earth… and I will pose somewhere to watch it drop some goodies that I will later gather for my greatness. Sela!

My prayer is an attitude of pure gratitude for having the opportunity to experience life on this earth with all its pain, heartache, worry, and turmoil; coupled with this gratitude is the thankfulness for just...

No soul ever fell away from God without giving up prayer. Prayer is that which establishes contact with Divine Power and opens the invisible resources of heaven. However dark the way, when we pray, temptation...

I’m sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream – times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we...

Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith.

Lord, Give me the strength not to bitch slap this woman.

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person’s theology was the effect it has on one’s prayers.

The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment...

Every victory won was first won spiritually!

Seek God’s power and presence continually.

Lord, I pray that lead me to the people who need my help.

Start and end your day with God.Seek His presence and blessing daily.

In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize...

Doubt treats God’s Word as human advice—but we should see doubt as a reminder of our need to pray.

Hanging laundry on a line is a very ordinary task. It is as ordinary as scraped knees and lost keys, as fixing the same simple dish for supper again, and again. Ordinary is most days,...

Joni discovered the best way to put the halter on her horse without being animal resisting and fleeing was to turn her back until he nuzzled up to her. At that point, she could slip...

And I understood that I ought not ask for a prayer language until I could ask without making it the test of my entire faith.

Trees spend all day looking up at God.