Quotes About Requests

Felurian had a way of making requests that took some getting used to. I'd discovered that unless I was steeling myself to resist, I'd find myself automatically doing whatever it was she asked of me. It wasn't that she spoke with authority. Her voice was too soft and edgeless to carry the weight of command. She did not demand or cajole. When she spoke, it was matter-of-fact. As if she couldn't imagine a world in which you

Sadly, prayer for many of us has been shrunk to an agenda that is little bigger than asking God for stuff.

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.í”

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.