John Stott Quotes About Prayer
-
It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.
→ -
The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
→ -
Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
→ -
Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his.
→ -
God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.
→
Related Authors
-
Wayne Grudem Professor -
Timothy Keller Author -
John Piper Author -
R. C. Sproul Author -
Francis Schaeffer Theologian -
John F. MacArthur Pastor -
Martyn Lloyd-Jones Minister -
John Calvin Theologian -
J. I. Packer Christian Theologian -
Richard J. Foster Author -
F. F. Bruce Scholar -
-
N. T. Wright Bishop of Durham -
Billy Graham Professional Wrestler -
C. S. Lewis Novelist -
-
John Owen Author -
Warren W. Wiersbe Writer -
H. Wayne House Author -
Charles Spurgeon Preacher