The decision was too important to make lightly without more prayer.

Centering our thoughts on God begins with what I like to call discovery. That is, when we discover a great truth about God, we begin to meditate on that truth until it captivates our whole...

If ever I was running, it was towards you.

May spending time with You be my first priority, may listening and obeying mark my life, may extravagant childlike joy and amazement mark my demeanor, may an openness to share your grace quickly and easily...

The God who made all things and has all power, loves us and hears our prayers.

Prayer is easier than we think. we want to think it is too hard or too high and holy for us, because that gives us an excuse for not doing it. This is false humility....

When we make appreciation the central theme of our value system, then all the painful elements of our past become meaningful lessons we could not have done without. Acceptance becomes natural when we become adept...

Live gratefully. Express it constantly. Expect abundance.

The Christian Journey is not just to a place “Heaven”, it is also to a person “Jesus”. Ephesians 4:13 says “Till we all come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

„Boże, dziękuję Ci za to wszystko. Za to całe piękno i dobro, które dostaję od Ciebie. Za te góry i za to niebo, i za te moje dzieci, i za przyjaciół… a nieprzyjaciołom daj, proszę,...

What was more needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where he had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow...

Lord, today I ask for a renewed sense of purpose in my smaller daily choices, knowing that how I spend each moment is how I live my life. Every choice matters.

A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

When confronted with suffering that won’t go away or with even a minor problem, we instinctively focus on what is missing,…not on the Master’s hand. Often when you think everything has gone wrong, it’s just...

According to Benedict’s scheme, the community reads through… the entire book of Psalms every week. The monks are therefore exposed… to all the despairing, doubtful, bitter, vindictive, jingoistic, nationalistic, and seemingly racist passages in the...

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Prayer is only another name for good, clean, direct thinking. When you pray, think well what you are saying, and make your thoughts into things that are solid. In that manner, your prayer will have...

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either signifies nothing or has only a negative significance.If, on the other hand, we...

There is a ‘movement’ of meditation, expressing the basic ‘paschal’ rhythm of the Christian life, the passage from death to life in Christ. Sometimes prayer, meditation and contemplation are ‘death’ – a kind of descent...

If you are reading this, be sure to count this on your blessings list.

God’s forgot that ever I lived… He’s forgot…and He never cared, nohow….”He smoothed her brown, rough-palmed hand; he held her hands to keep her from jerking herself away from his admonishing: “Oh, ’tis not true,...

Prayer not only teaches and strengthens one for work, work teaches and strengthens one for prayer.

Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and collected in heart; courageous and connected to own soul, to lay the way for a peaceful life.

I cannot come to thee but by thee, I never come from thee without thee

Never underestimate the power of kindness. It is very contagious. A person whose heart is saddened by the troubles of this world, the loss of a friend or family member, a hard days work, or...

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands...

When young, the humans are all Imagination because Memory is so much smaller a part of their experience, so little of them is grounded in it. As they grow older, however, Memory overtakes their Imagination,...

I don’t mean to be ungrateful but if someone’s out there answering prayers, mine’s not at the top of the list

It’s easier to be close to God during prayer time when you’re close to God all the time.

The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies.

Do You Know That By Just Saying “I WANNA DIE” Or “I WISH I COULD DIE” …God Can Answer That Prayer???You Will Be Cancelled In The Book Of Life And At Heaven You Will Be...

the real “work” of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.To gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to trust...

Obedience is the opener of eyes.

Feel the energy, starting with your hands, and if you maintain the sensation of being connected to that energy as you pray, you can be more deeply immersed in your prayer. The reason is that...

Some of us pray demands. Some of us pray complaints. Some of us pray knowing, and some of us pray not knowing. But prayer is the attitude that you hold in your heart.

Replace worry with prayer. Make the decision to pray whenever you catch yourself worrying.

Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, our faith triumphant o’er our fears, are all with thee – are all with thee!

Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it...

Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our...

Men ought to read the Bible and hear God speak.

Somebody’d better pray for him, don’t you think? He IS a lost soul.~Pastor John Linton

O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God’s throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship...

Music; worship and prayer to God.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth.It is thy desire in us that desireth. It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights, which are...