Desire Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“The attention at the beginning of these petitions is on the exaltation of God and His concerns. In the initial phrases of the Lord's…

— R.C. Sproul

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matt. 6:33). God doesn’t need…

— Cindy Trimm

... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend…

— Julian of Norwich

For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we may breathe…

— Leigh Hunt

If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor,…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“But we Christians may ask our Father for all that we need. Only, let our desires be restrained, and our prayers unselfish. The personal…

— David M. McIntyre

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that in doing…

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then…

— Seneca the Younger

If we would pray aright, the first thing we should do is to see to it that we really get an audience with God,…

— R. A. Torrey

“As watchmen working through the night we need to come again and again with our petitions, but always knowing that each prayer, each petition…

— Patrick Davis

each of us has been given the ability to reach God with our prayers. ... Whatever form it takes, each prayer is an invitation…

— Betty Eadie