--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: We pray not to inform God or instruct Him…" description: "\"We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to b..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg" --- # We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech… ![“We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg) > “We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A prayer should foster closeness with God, humility, and awareness of sin through continual supplication. **In simple terms:** Prayer builds intimacy, humility, and sin awareness. Key Takeaway Seek constant, humble dialogue with God. Themes spirituality humility self‑reflection Mood contemplative reverent Type devotional reflective When to use this quote - daily prayer - confession - spiritual retreats - personal counseling Key Concepts theology intimacy repentance Questions to Reflect On - How does your prayer practice deepen intimacy? - What obstacles hinder humility in prayer? A Different Perspective May become ritualistic without genuine heart. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [God Instruct](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-instruct-2928783/) [Humbled Reminded](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humbled-reminded-4743344/) [Inform God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inform-god-4743345/) [Intimate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimate/) [Made](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/made/) [Pray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pray/) [Pray Inform](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pray-inform-4743343/) [Prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/) [Praying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praying/) [Sin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sin/) [Supplication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/supplication/) ## Related quotes > [Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clarke/prayer-is-not-designed-to-inform-god-but-to-give-man-a-sight-of-his/) [Adam Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-clarke/) > [“We do not pray to inform God of our needs, because He knows what we need before we ask. What is prayer like for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mills/we-do-not-pray-to-inform-god-of-our-needs-because-he-knows-what-we/) [Bill Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mills/) > [May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-patrick/may-the-strength-of-god-pilot-us-may-the-wisdom-of-god-instruct-us/) [Saint Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-patrick/) > [May the Strength of God Pilots us, May the Power of God Preserve us, May the Wisdom of God Instruct us, May the Hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/may-the-strength-of-god-pilots-us-may-the-power-of-god-preserve-us/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) > [We do not pray to God to instruct Him as to what He should do; neither for a moment must we presume to dictate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/we-do-not-pray-to-god-to-instruct-him-as-to-what-he-should-do-neither/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [This is the path of prayer-contemplative prayer, that is, as distinct from simple prayers of supplication and thanksgiving-which is a specific discipline of thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-is-the-path-of-prayer-contemplative-prayer-that-is-as-distinct/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [He did not know or care whether they were wizards or Muggles, friends or foes; all he cared about was that a dark stain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-did-not-know-or-care-whether-they-were-wizards-or-muggles-friends/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Even though its common knowledge these days, it never ceases to amaze me that all the richness of our mental life - all our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/even-though-its-common-knowledge-these-days-it-never-ceases-to-amaze/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Praying together is the most INTIMATE act a couple can engage in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/praying-together-is-the-most-intimate-act-a-couple-can-engage-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/considering-that-the-blessed-life-we-so-long-for-consists-in-an/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I do miss the excitement of seeing history up close, of having intimate knowledge, through direct experience, of what happens when people and governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-do-miss-the-excitement-of-seeing-history-up-close-of-having/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Pauling was shocked by the freedom with which the X-ray crystallographers of the time, including particularly Astbury, played with the intimate chemical structure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/pauling-was-shocked-by-the-freedom-with-which-the-x-ray/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I could only speak in the smallest, most intimate circles about the real reasons which made me undertake the changeover of the plants for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-could-only-speak-in-the-smallest-most-intimate-circles-about-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. She wondered why she, who had such difficulty talking about herself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/salander-leaned-back-against-the-pillow-and-followed-the-conversation/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/marriage-is-not-a-static-state-between-two-unchanging-people-marriage/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Intimate quotes > [Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/story-is-about-pulling-the-reader-in-and-a-plot-is-a-more/) [Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/) > [Beauty is very intimate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-weiss/beauty-is-very-intimate/) [Emily Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-weiss/) > [In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like Divine Reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/in-recent-years-my-understanding-of-god-had-evolved-into-increasingly/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) > [The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-brown-jr/the-first-track-is-the-end-of-a-string-at-the-far-end-a-being-is/) [Tom Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-brown-jr/) > [Sloppy Firsts perfectly captures the turbulent roller-coaster ride that is being a teenager. This is an (at times) intimate, painfully honest peek at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atoosa-rubenstein/sloppy-firsts-perfectly-captures-the-turbulent-roller-coaster-ride/) [Atoosa Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atoosa-rubenstein/) > [The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-pleasures-and-the-cares-of-the-luckiest-ambition-even-of/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horatius-bonar/be-much-alone-with-god-and-take-time-to-get-thoroughly-acquainted/) [Horatius Bonar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horatius-bonar/) > [The impresario function is about intervening with the company's more administrative management structure. It is about trying to establish a sense of boundaries and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kao/the-impresario-function-is-about-intervening-with-the-company-s-more/) [John Kao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kao/) > [The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-tucker/the-claim-of-the-state-socialists-however-that-this-right-would-not/) [Benjamin Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-tucker/) > [I had left home (like all Jewish girls) in order to eat pork and take birth control pills. When I first shared an intimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roseanne-barr/i-had-left-home-like-all-jewish-girls-in-order-to-eat-pork-and-take/) [Roseanne Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roseanne-barr/) > [even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt, and hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/even-those-who-call-themselves-intimate-know-very-little-about-each/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) > [When adults come together to form an intimate relationship, each person releases into it unresolved issues from their trans-generational pool of unconscious fantasies. Partners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-raphael-leff/when-adults-come-together-to-form-an-intimate-relationship-each/) [Joan Raphael-Leff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-raphael-leff/) > [Being on a successful television show is a good thing. It’s steady work. It’s a chance to work with a group of people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-rowan/being-on-a-successful-television-show-is-a-good-thing-it-s-steady/) [Kelly Rowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-rowan/) > [In a lot of senses, things are definitely changing in my life, and with what's going on around me. But I still feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-olsen/in-a-lot-of-senses-things-are-definitely-changing-in-my-life-and-with/) [Angel Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angel-olsen/) > [Believing you are worthy of love means that you believe I deserve to be treated well - with respect and dignity. I deserve to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suze-orman/believing-you-are-worthy-of-love-means-that-you-believe-i-deserve-to/) [Suze Orman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suze-orman/) [Browse all 1,417 Intimate quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimate/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-him-but-to-beseech-him-closely/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Intimate" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-him-but-to-beseech-him-closely/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/anonymous-1_intimate_we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-hi_575967.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "We pray not to inform God...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-him-but-to-beseech-him-closely/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-pray-not-to-inform-god-or-instruct-him-but-to-beseech-him-closely/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```