“Prayer is the key in the hand of faith that unlocks heaven’s storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.”– Steps to Christ, p.99. Friend, use the key. Include praying as a daily habit. Search the Scriptures for examples of prayer. Study them carefully and...
If you’re looking for scripture for strength to encourage yourself or someone else, you will find some excellent bible quotes below. We have diligently searched the Scriptures to find the best 20 verses we could find on the subject of strength. Read them all and let them be rooted in your...
“A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer was listening.” The more we immerse ourselves in the sacred scriptures—the Bible—the better our ears attune to the voice of God...
My understanding is that since we often operate at such an acute deficit of knowledge (or character or faith or love or a hundred other things!) when we pray, we come before Him boldly as sons and daughters, but are nonetheless in utter dependence upon His goodness and wisdom to bring wh...
Prayer and spirituality must constitute a life plan for Catholics. This spiritual foundation comes to us through participation in Holy Mass, Communion, personal prayer, repentance of sins, and spiritual texts and the Scriptures, together integrated to maintain and nurture a deep relationship with God...
The answer is that the practice is implied in a number of Scriptures. In Genesis, God says that he chose Abraham so that he might command his children and his household to keep the way of the Lord (Gen. 18:19). This would involve Abraham having a time in the day or week to teach...
The story of his life and the history of this orphanage read like a chapter from the Scriptures. The secret of his success was found in this simple statement made by him: “I went to my God and prayed diligently, and received what I needed.” That was the simple course which he ...
9 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes[a] (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolati...
Prayer and spirituality must constitute a life plan for Catholics. This spiritual foundation comes to us through participation in Holy Mass, Communion, personal prayer, repentance of sins, and spiritual texts and the Scriptures, together integrated to maintain and nurture a deep relationship with God...
Prayer for Successful Surgery and Healing I come to You Lord to ask for a successful surgery, and quick healing for someone I love deeply. As the scriptures say, in Your hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. Hold my loved one and I in Your healing hands,...