Quotes about Relationship
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
- John Stott
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
- Oswald Chambers
The more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God's power spills over into other areas of our life.
- Dallas Willard
Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.
- Andrew Murray
Prayer is the link that connects us with God.
- AB Simpson
You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.
- George Whitefield
Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
- Corrie Ten Boom
The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.
- David Platt
The Lord's Prayer reminds us that God longs for His people to communicate with Him, not just in church on Sunday, but wherever we are and whatever our need.
- David Jeremiah
If you have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience.
- Henry Blackaby
Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.
- Oswald Chambers
The Revelation of God is not a book or a doctrine, but a living Person.
- Emil Brunner