Quotes About Prayer Request

#1. The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

David Jeremiah

#2. God knows the hour of each person's passing. Whatever we did or didn't do for someone we loved, the timing of his or her departure was God's alone. "Thy will be done" is more than a prayer request. It's a forgone conclusion.

Liz Curtis Higgs

#3. Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.

L. Lionel Kendrick

#4. Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's character into our bankrupt souls.

Dutch Sheets

#5. Be specific in your prayer requests of GOD.

Benny Hinn

#6. Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.

Myles Munroe

#7. Hello, Spring Roll. I'm your daddy and I've been waiting to meet you for a long time. I love you so much.

Sylvain Reynard

#8. If a harmonious relationship is established amongst societies and religious beliefs in today's multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural world, then it will surely set a very good example for others.

Dalai Lama

#9. There is no regret in planting a seed of love in someone's heart.

M.F. Moonzajer

#10. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.

Walt Disney

#11. Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.

John Shelby Spong

#12. Prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them.

C.S. Lewis

#13. Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.

Hannah More

#14. Your requests change history because your prayers change God!

Max Lucado

#15. For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

C.S. Lewis

#16. Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request.

Charles Spurgeon

#17. I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable in many other arenas, but why should God want my team to win instead of the other side? Isn't it insulting to request God to even take an interest in baseball?

Roger Ebert

#18. Prayer gives you opportunity to praise God and to request His divine intervention in your life and/or the lives of others. Prayer allows you to glorify His Name and also provides an avenue for you to be filled with joy.

John C. Broger

#19. The first of the request prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole.

Jonathan Sacks

#20. The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, "Lord, teach us to preach"; "Lord, teach us to do miracles"; or "Lord, teach us to be wise" ... but they said, "Lord, teach us to pray.

Billy Graham

#21. We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to show us what and how to pray before we make our request known to Him. Have we not consumed a great deal of time in the past asking for what we wanted? Why not now ask for what God wants?

Watchman Nee

#22. We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.

Maeve Binchy

#23. Start with a simple request, making it the refrain of your day: 'God, open the eyes of my heart.' This journey must be Spirit-led, every day.

Ann Voskamp

#24. I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was: God let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother. I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience. So, they've already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support.

Tyler Perry