#prayer

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 can never master us. The first step downward in the average soul is the giving up of the practice of prayer, the breaking of the circuit with divinity, and the proclamation of one’s owns self sufficiency. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

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He did not hope that God heard his prayers; he knew it. ↗

— Eric Metaxas

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DeeDee had to have a firm grasp on reality. Yet she knew God was bigger than a pathology report. So she prayed. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

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Prayer makes coffee shops of our souls, places that celebrate and savor the presence and lordship of God in our lives. It must be unceasing and constant. It must become who we are. ↗

— Tyler Blanski

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Prayer is helplessness plus faith. ↗

— Bill Thrasher

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The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin! ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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