--- title: "33 God Asking Quotes by 30 authors" description: "Browse 33 God Asking quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best God Asking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/dennis-prager-631_asking_prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something_2536642.jpg" --- > [Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something-it-s-asking-god-to-help-you/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/dennis-prager-631_asking_prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something_2536642.jpg) > [My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitor-belfort/my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is-to-accept-what-god-is-asking/) [Vitor Belfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vitor-belfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/vitor-belfort-7698_god_my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is_925722.jpg) > [“If God's asking you to do something, He's also promising to go with you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-g-stevens/if-god-s-asking-you-to-do-something-he-s-also-promising-to-go-with-you/) [Amanda G. Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-g-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/amanda-g-stevens-96905_asking_if-god-s-asking-you-to-do-something-he-s_439327.jpg) > [When the time comes for us to pray. We find other things to say. Instead of giving thanks for what God has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-burrell/when-the-time-comes-for-us-to-pray-we-find-other-things-to-say/) [Kim Burrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-burrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/kim-burrell-20963_giving-thanks_when-the-time-comes-for-us-to-pray-we-fi_55089.jpg) > [“When you pray to God asking for something, make sure you are asking for the things that are pushed by love not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sameh-elsayed/when-you-pray-to-god-asking-for-something-make-sure-you-are-asking-2/) [Sameh Elsayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sameh-elsayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/sameh-elsayed-11299_asking_when-you-pray-to-god-asking-for-somethin_2488306.jpg) > [There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-nothing-so-small-but-that-we-may-honor-god-by-asking-his/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/john-ruskin-314_asking_there-is-nothing-so-small-but-that-we-ma_225023.jpg) > [I always find myself questioning God and asking why things happen. I know I shouldn't, but it's so hard to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-always-find-myself-questioning-god-and-asking-why-things-happen-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/anonymous-1_questioning_i-always-find-myself-questioning-god-and_2324719.jpg) > ['T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/t-is-heaven-alone-that-is-given-away-t-is-only-god-may-be-had-for-the/) [James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/james-russell-lowell-561_asking_t-is-heaven-alone-that-is-given-away-t-i_769033.png) > [God is not asking you to be anything other than what he's made you, as long as you submit to how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/god-is-not-asking-you-to-be-anything-other-than-what-he-s-made-you-as/) [Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/tony-evans-1635_anything_god-is-not-asking-you-to-be-anything-oth_1765013.png) > [Human beings cannot probe the mind of God by asking themselves what they would do if they were God. They are men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-john-carnell/human-beings-cannot-probe-the-mind-of-god-by-asking-themselves-what/) [Edward John Carnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-john-carnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/edward-john-carnell-66405_asking_human-beings-cannot-probe-the-mind-of-go_3166745.jpg) > [But there's a decision that I find God is asking us to make: whether we are going to choose to interpret our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-story/but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-is-asking-us-to-make-whether/) [Laura Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-story/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/laura-story-37222_asking_but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-i_2138042.png) > [What I pray for is the spirit of humbleness, and, the spirit of me doing what God is asking me to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-ballentine/what-i-pray-for-is-the-spirit-of-humbleness-and-the-spirit-of-me/) [Warren Ballentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-ballentine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/warren-ballentine-76657_asking_what-i-pray-for-is-the-spirit-of-humblen_2563161.jpg) > [God tells us to come boldly into His presence. We believes must pray with AUTHORITY! Coming confidently to God asking Him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/god-tells-us-to-come-boldly-into-his-presence-we-believes-must-pray/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/anonymous-1_god_god-tells-us-to-come-boldly-into-his-pre_889510.jpg) > [I tell people that If one woman can get prayer taken out of the school, it may very well be that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-bryant/i-tell-people-that-if-one-woman-can-get-prayer-taken-out-of-the/) [Anita Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/anita-bryant-4740_another-woman_i-tell-people-that-if-one-woman-can-get_493506.png) > [We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things-when-they-are-a-part-of-his/) [Vance Havner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vance-havner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/vance-havner-1699_asking_we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things_148531.jpg) > [“And so people ask God for signs and wonders. Yet when signs are given and wonders are performed, most can't even see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/and-so-people-ask-god-for-signs-and-wonders-yet-when-signs-are-given/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/c-joybell-c-471_asking-god_and-so-people-ask-god-for-signs-and-wond_1358770.jpg) > [“If only the Saviour had asked me to do something else! But that something else would not have reached your heart. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-e-maxwell/if-only-the-saviour-had-asked-me-to-do-something-else-but-that/) [L. E. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-e-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/l-e-maxwell-40371_christianity_if-only-the-saviour-had-asked-me-to-do-s_911834.jpg) > [Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/earth-gets-its-price-for-what-earth-gives-us-the-beggar-is-taxed-for/) [James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/james-russell-lowell-561_asking_earth-gets-its-price-for-what-earth-give_2531690.jpg) > [Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/of-course-none-of-this-can-happen-for-us-until-we-give-our-lives-back/) [John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/john-eldredge-1487_asking_of-course-none-of-this-can-happen-for-us_886100.jpg) > [Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-calling-me-to-climb-the/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/pope-benedict-xvi-414_age_dear-brothers-and-sisters-the-lord-is-ca_2600349.jpg) > [The kind of prayer I am talking about is a detached kind of prayer in which you are not looking for anything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-girzone/the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is-a-detached-kind-of-prayer-in/) [Joseph Girzone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-girzone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/joseph-girzone-31876_asking_the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is_631313.jpg) > [“God has a plan and guess what? The plan is to stop waiting for him to do everything for you. The person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/god-has-a-plan-and-guess-what-the-plan-is-to-stop-waiting-for-him-to/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/shannon-l-alder-363_dating-101_god-has-a-plan-and-guess-what-the-plan-i_1989414.jpg) > [About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-d-mclaren/about-the-book-of-job-if-it-were-today-god-might-be-asking-how-does/) [Brian D. McLaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-d-mclaren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/brian-d-mclaren-8226_absolutes_about-the-book-of-job-if-it-were-today-g_1065372.jpg) > [“God spared my life not so that I could live for me but so that I could just give everything to Him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-white/god-spared-my-life-not-so-that-i-could-live-for-me-but-so-that-i/) [Todd White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/todd-white-140795_compassion_god-spared-my-life-not-so-that-i-could-l_1497113.jpg) > [“// And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-giglio/and-i-heard-the-voice-of-the-lord-saying-whom-shall-i-send-and-who/) [Louie Giglio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-giglio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/louie-giglio-2490_right-now_and-i-heard-the-voice-of-the-lord-saying_3157648.jpg) > [We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/we-are-closer-to-god-when-we-are-asking-questions-than-when-we-think/) [Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/abraham-joshua-heschel-1851_answers_we-are-closer-to-god-when-we-are-asking_1389982.png) > [You play whatever cards he deal no matter how peculiar They tell me that it's God's will, I'm asking God will ya.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole/you-play-whatever-cards-he-deal-no-matter-how-peculiar-they-tell-me/) [J Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/j-cole-754_asking-god_you-play-whatever-cards-he-deal-no-matte_1392175.png) > [Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to-follow-god-or-be-used-by-god/) [Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/donald-miller-607_asking_instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to_359210.png) > [When God puts something in your heart and deep down you know it’s a destiny moment, don’t wait for ten confirmations. Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/when-god-puts-something-in-your-heart-and-deep-down-you-know-it-s-a/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/joel-osteen-194_asking_when-god-puts-something-in-your-heart-an_3016830.jpg) > [“It’s not even that you have to drop vain pursuits. God is not asking you to give up your sweeties, your favorite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/it-s-not-even-that-you-have-to-drop-vain-pursuits-god-is-not-asking/) [Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/mooji-1987_pursuits_it-s-not-even-that-you-have-to-drop-vain_627216.png) > [I wrote the song "Show Me" as a prayer to God asking simple, honest questions about life and death and why there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/i-wrote-the-song-show-me-as-a-prayer-to-god-asking-simple-honest/) [John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/john-legend-1666_asking_i-wrote-the-song-show-me-as-a-prayer-to_3052361.png) > [God is not asking us to not have anything or even to give away every single thing that we have. He is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/god-is-not-asking-us-to-not-have-anything-or-even-to-give-away-every/) [Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/joyce-meyer-123_asking_god-is-not-asking-us-to-not-have-anythin_1214936.jpg) > [“When you pray to God asking for something, make sure you are asking for the things that are driven by love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sameh-elsayed/when-you-pray-to-god-asking-for-something-make-sure-you-are-asking/) [Sameh Elsayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sameh-elsayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/sameh-elsayed-11299_experience-plus_when-you-pray-to-god-asking-for-somethin_1498724.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-asking/#itemlist", "name": "God Asking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dennis Prager" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something-it-s-asking-god-to-help-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/dennis-prager-631_asking_prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something_2536642.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/dennis-prager-631_asking_prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something_2536642.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/dennis-prager-631_asking_prayer-is-not-asking-god-to-do-something_2536642.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something” — Dennis Prager", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vitor Belfort" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitor-belfort/my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is-to-accept-what-god-is-asking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/vitor-belfort-7698_god_my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is_925722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/vitor-belfort-7698_god_my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is_925722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/vitor-belfort-7698_god_my-mindset-as-an-athlete-and-as-a-man-is_925722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life…” — Vitor Belfort", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If God's asking you to do something, He's also promising to go with you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amanda G. 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They are…” — Edward John Carnell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But there's a decision that I find God is asking us to make: whether we are going to choose to interpret our circumstances based on what we hold to be true about God, or whether we're going to judge what we hold to be true about God based on our circumstances.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Story" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-story/but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-is-asking-us-to-make-whether/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/laura-story-37222_asking_but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-i_2138042.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/laura-story-37222_asking_but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-i_2138042.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/laura-story-37222_asking_but-there-s-a-decision-that-i-find-god-i_2138042.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But there's a decision that I find God is asking us to make: whether we are going to choose to interpret our…” — Laura Story", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I pray for is the spirit of humbleness, and, the spirit of me doing what God is asking me to do - not what I individually want to do. 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We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vance Havner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things-when-they-are-a-part-of-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/vance-havner-1699_asking_we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things_148531.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/vance-havner-1699_asking_we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things_148531.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/vance-havner-1699_asking_we-honor-god-by-asking-for-great-things_148531.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. 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It is the kind of prayer in which you just open your heart to God and say, \"God, I'm here. I'm not asking for anything, God. I just want to be near you and open my heart to you.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Girzone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-girzone/the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is-a-detached-kind-of-prayer-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/joseph-girzone-31876_asking_the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is_631313.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/joseph-girzone-31876_asking_the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is_631313.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/joseph-girzone-31876_asking_the-kind-of-prayer-i-am-talking-about-is_631313.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The kind of prayer I am talking about is a detached kind of prayer in which you are not looking for…” — Joseph Girzone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God has a plan and guess what? The plan is to stop waiting for him to do everything for you. The person you want in your life is not a sign. Not a clue. Not a wish. Not a prayer. Not a tarot card or a matter of timing. It is work. It is devotion, and like any dream if you want it then God will open doors for you to obtain it. You just have to stop setting the bar so low that everything below is a sign from God and everything above is asking too much.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shannon L. 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Everything else will take care of itself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donald Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to-follow-god-or-be-used-by-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/donald-miller-607_asking_instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to_359210.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/donald-miller-607_asking_instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to_359210.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/donald-miller-607_asking_instead-of-asking-what-it-feels-like-to_359210.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and…” — Donald Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When God puts something in your heart and deep down you know it’s a destiny moment, don’t wait for ten confirmations. 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