Quotes About Seeking

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

It's important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don't ask, you won't know.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

Waiting prayer, or waiting on the Lord, is the silent surrendering of the soul to God. It is wordless worship. It is seeking God not from without but from within. It is to seek God in your heart.

The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little.

Prayer is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. How to get things from God occupies most [books].

Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God.

God's chief gift to those who seek him is Himself.

intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force.

Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

The prayer of Ajax was for light.

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

The first purpose of prayer is to know God.

My prayer is to seek, find and serve God.

For we know not what we should pray for.

We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?

And since He bids me seek His face Believe His word and trust His grace I'll cast on Him my every care And wait for thee sweet hour of prayer.

Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer.

They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!

Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you.