It takes hard work and determination to mature enough spiritually to surrender everything to God. Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

Relief doesn't come from our prayers getting answered, but from the Answerer of our prayers. To help you reflect on the topic of this podcast, meditate in the Good News Prayer Room with "An Intimate Conversation You Can Have with Jesus" @ https://gnm.org/intimateconversation/  or download it as a printable booklet at Catholic Digital Resources: https://catholicdr.com/prayer-resources/intimate-conversation-with-jesus/ . Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

It's the hardships we endure and the passions we feel that initiate us into our own particular areas of ministry. For more on the topic of this podcast, see "The Master Needs You" at wordbytes.org/ministries-of-the-laity/#master or download Good News Ministries e-book "Knowing God's Will and Doing it Well" published by Catholic Digital Resources: catholicdr.com/e-books/knowing-gods-will/ Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

We cannot give to others what we don't have if we don't take time to nurture our relationship with God. Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

Love. This is the key to preventing the commandments from feeling burdensome. Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

When we believe our fears, we never learn to soar to the heights that God created us to discover. For more on the topic of this podcast see “What are you afraid of?” at https://wordbytes.org/spiritual-growth/fear/.  Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

If you want proof of God's miracle power in your own life, give him your insufficiencies! Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

To receive whatever we ask for, we must remain in God, and he in us. Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

Only the Spirit of God can move someone to have faith, because faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit. For more on the topic of this podcast see “The Christmas Magi: What do we know about them?” at https://wordbytes.org/faqs/magi/. Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net

During the Liturgy of the Eucharist in Mass, time disappears and we're united to our Lord who lives in eternity. The reflection in this podcast is available for distribution, published by Catholic Digital Resources: http://catholicdr.com/faith-enrichment/behold-eucharist-is-lamb-of-god/ Subscribe to receive the Good News Reflections delivered to your email inbox or texted to your phone @ https://gogoodnews.net