Connected Quote by Wayne Dyer

The purpose of prayer is not to receive what you asked for, but to strengthen your relationship with God.

— Anonymous

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

— Soren Kierkegaard

The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer is to…

— Alan Cohen

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

When you pray it's not meant to influence God, it's meant to change the outlook of the one who prays.

— Anonymous

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 God's appointed means for appropriating the blessings that are ours in Christ Jesus.

— D. A. Carson

“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

“Listen, you’re not doing God any favors by praying. You’re doing yourself a favor.”

— Art Hochberg

A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed every day.…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

— Timothy Keller

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

— Anonymous