Quotes from Chris Fabry

God does hear what we pray. You don't need a megaphone or a million people to get His attention. But the point of prayer is not to get what we want. Prayer changes the person who prays.

Wrap your heart around that the next time you go through a struggle," Clara said. "The goal of prayer is not to change God's mind about what you want. The goal of prayer is to change your own heart, to want what He wants, to the glory of God.

If . . . My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

The cakes and pies and casseroles beckoned like gastronomic sirens, and there was no one to lash me to the mast.

God has a way of working on His own timetable. And it usually is a lot different from ours.

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.

Prayer, at its most basic level, was surrender. Like Jesus in the garden, saying, "Not My will, but Yours, be done." The ironic thing was, when a person surrendered their will, they got God's, and then they received what they were really looking for all along. This was what she believed.