The Word is light and the Holy Spirit is oxygen to pray is to see and breathe.

Make prayer a top priority rather than a last resort.

Perhaps priest and magician were once one but the priest learning humility in the face of God discarded the spell for prayer.

Prayer is essentially the practice of the presence of God and that is the road to Heaven. There is no alternative. God is the only game in town. All other roads are dead ends. Since we must give our all to the one true God we must not give any part to idols to the many false gods that now bite away at our lives.

In that moment I welcomed back the light and let go of the fear the feelings of unworthiness the past the loss the wallowing the grief and the anger. I let go of the illusion of control in our losses of our afflictions.

Our prayer life and rule of prayer will be shaped by the different stages of our spiritual journey as well. Many people who have just come to know Christ find that their words flow easily. Prayer is a joy for them. But as with romantic relationships there is a natural movement beyond this honeymoon phase. When feelings of intense connection with God ebb we have a new opportunity to engage God - not based on cool spiritual vibes but as an expression of our genuine love for God. Times of spiritual dryness are normal for almost everyone even if we havent sinned and to the best of our knowledge havent done anything to wall off our relationship with God. God may allow this dryness so that we can mature in our relationship with him and learn to seek him not for an ecstatic spiritual experience but out of a deeper love and commitment.

All the men I know add that hands that prepared it line. They must know its right complimentary an incentive to keep the women cooking.

God almighty Franny he said. If youre going to say the Jesus Prayer at least say it to Jesus and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidis grandfather all wrapped up in one. Keep him in mind if you say it and him only and him as he was and not as youd like him to have been.

We both just stood there. I let the breeze brush against my skin the sun release the tension in my muscles. It was as close as I had felt to God in a long time. Its like were praying Celeste whispered. Only were not saying anything.

You must learn to tell worry from thought and thought from prayer. Sometimes a light will go from your life and a thought becomes a prayer til you are strong enough to stand under the weight of your own thought again.