#aye

I twisted my body, suddenly unable to stand his hands on me. “Do you really think I give a damn what you are? That anything else matters to me more than you, yourself? I don’t want you to stay because you think I need a protector, Daniel. I’ve been looking after myself for a very long time now, and I’ve done just fine. Dammit, have some faith in me.” “If I didn’t have faith in you, Sarah, I wouldn’t feel this way. ↗

— Angela B. Wade

#demon-slayer #fallen-angel #faith

Prayer is helplessness plus faith. ↗

— Bill Thrasher

#faith

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

— Peter Kreeft

#prayer #talking-to-god #faith

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

— Peter Kreeft

#faith #prayer #faith

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

— Peter Kreeft

#god #making-time-for-prayer #time #faith

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

#prayer #time #faith

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

#god #prayer #sanctity #faith

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. We can all do it, even the most sinful, shallow, silly, and stupid of us. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#prayer #faith

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. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#faith #god #prayer #faith

There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#perseverance #prayer #faith