Answers Quote by John F Walvoord

Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do…

— Shane Claiborne

For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer is an…

— Francis Collins

“Prayer is not an attempt to get God to agree with you or provide for your selfish desires, but that it is both an…

— John F. MacArthur

Prayer is not the cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to get out of Him what…

— F. Huegel

I am deeply convince that the necessity of prayer, and to pray unceasingly, is not as much based on our desire for God as…

— Henri Nouwen

Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by…

— Leonard Ravenhill

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

— Martin Luther

Prayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will.

— Henry Blackaby

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent…

— Charles Bent

“I don’t believe in the power of prayer. I believe in the power and presence of God, so I pray.” He adds, “We know…

— RBC Ministries

The goal of prayer is not to have God answer according to our desires, but for our hearts to be set to receive based…

— Anonymous

“prayer is the one discipline in the Christian faith that makes us feel entirely dependent on God and thus sets us up for profound…

— Jerry Sittser