What does a lighthouse do? I ask myself. It never moves. It cannot hike up its rocky skirt and dash into the ocean to rescue the foundering ship. It cannot calm the waters or clear...

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you’re at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you’ve got some help with the second.

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God...

I have a handful of prayers that I pray all the time… One is that God will put my books into the right hands at the right times. I’ve prayed this prayer thousands of times,...

Everything hurts right now and nothing is helping because as the pain is getting worse — so is the love.

Real life is messy and hard and never turns out like I’ve imagined. Usually it’s better. So, I try not to dream but rather to pray. If there is one thing I know, it’s that...

He splashed into the water, his whole body, not with the reverent attitude of prayer, but with a desperate thirst; he buried his head under the water and drank deep, with his cheek against the...

Léon Bloy wrote: ‘Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint

If today is the last day of your life, the one thing you want to say is that you showed up for life. You showed up for your dreams. You showed up for the people...

You are enough exactly as you are, whether you believe it or not.

What if deep down inside you…you knew you were more amazing and magnificent than you thought you were?

As I watched them file down the stairs, I didn’t cry and I wasn’t afraid. But I couldn’t tell if it was Jesus or the gin.

Every moment God gives you is precious. Never take the life and moments He has given you for granted

There’s so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin.Even if you don’t think you have much to be grateful for right now, know...

Fill my mouth with the accuracy and potency of Your word and Spirit that I may make war through prayer with swift precision (Psalm 144:1).

And this,’ Ivan said to the children gathered around, ‘is who we are, and this is what we do. Our family serves the Lord–no matter what comes–and when He answers our prayers, no matter how...

To be cynical is to be distant. While offering a false intimacy of being “in the know,” cynicism actually destroys intimacy. It leads to a creeping bitterness that can deaden and even destroy the spirit…A...

Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but they return with the richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I’m qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!

The power of prayer is still the greatest ever known in this endless eternal universe.-The Watcher in The Avengers #14

Music is a form of prayer.

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song....

Anatomy of the Spirit” by Caroline Myss:~ God be in my head and in my understanding. God be in my eyes and in my looking. God be in my mouth and in my speaking. God...

The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the blessing that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices...

The power of prayer is so profound that it can assuage our emotions. It calms the mind, dilutes all our worries, gives an anchor to fears and endows us with a remarkable peace of mind.

So what do you do when you are stuck?The first thing I do when I am stuck is pray. But I’m not talking about a quick, Help me Lord, Sunday’s a comin’ prayer. When I...

Niña, yo te deseo la locura, el valor, los anhelos, la impaciencia. Te deseo la fortuna de los amores y el delirio de la soledad. Te deseo el gusto por los cometas, por el agua...

Prayer bends the omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still. He will never talk well and with real success to men for God who has not learned...

It fits my experience of Him.

Divine justice pursued its course; disasters came thick on me: I was forced to pass through the valley of the shadow of death. His chastisements are mighty; and one smote me which has humbled me...

Prayer isn’t about repeating rituals; it’s about spending time with Dad.

Every few words you speak, every little help you offer and every small advice you give mass up tiny miracles that can change someone’s life forever!

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

You can do nothing without prayer and everything with it. Anything worth worrying about is something worth praying about.

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to...

It’s fairly simple. When can we pray? All the time. When should we praise God? Whenever we pray.

Meaningful prayer is a matter of the heart, not the eloquence of the words.

Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

The transcendental face of art is always a form of prayer.

The Lord is my shepherdI shall not want him for longHe maketh me to lie down in green pasturesand there are no green pasturesHe leadeth me beside still watersand still waters run deep

Heavenly Father, your ears are ever open to our prayers.Save us now!

Religio”, as we know, harks back to a word (re-ligio) meaning “bond” and that is precisely what the anarch rejects. He does not go in for Moses with the Ten Commandments or, indeed, for any...

If you seek the presence of God, you will see the glory of God:

It is in descending in the humble silence of prayer that we are able to ascend to the greatest heights of true human fulfillment in union with God.

When you wish to talk to someone, talk to Jesus, He loves to hear you speak.

Thankfulness should always be our first response when God answers prayers.

Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I...