Quotes About Asking

Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the kingdom

Prayer means rushing to the Father as His child. It means asking and receiving, loving and thanking Him.

Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every one that asketh receiveth."

We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.

If we seek and keep on seeking, we will find; if we ask and keep on asking, we will receive; if we knock and keep on knocking, the door to truth will be opened. How can we refuse an offer like this?

So what's the point of it all?""Seriously?" I asked. "Seriously? You're asking me for the meaning of life? Isn't that a little stereotypical?""Well it's a reasonable question, " you persisted.

I wonder if Blue knows she's repainting her room.I wonder if he's asking if she wants a ride to the party tonight.I wonder if he knows what being strangled feels like.

How long were you standing up there spying on me?" she asked. "You sure know how to make a man feel welcome.

In the street, asked a running man the way to the post office. I've always enjoyed asking people in a hurry for information.

Joke or not, something is occurring to me. You live your life, and you get to ask for things, and sometimes they are given to you. Just

You live your life, and you get to ask for things, and sometimes they are given to you.

Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.

I asked for so little!" she kept saying, as though her diminished demands alone should have protected her against any disappointments. But I think she was mistaken; she had actually asked for a lot. She had dared to ask for happiness, and she had dared to expect that happiness out of her marriage. You can't possibly ask for more than that.

Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.

Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.

Receiving feels wonderful once you get used to it. But first you must acknowledge how scary it is to be open. If, as a child you were left to fend for yourself or there were strings attached to getting what you needed, you learned that nurturing was either unavailable or unsafe. But now, receiving doesn't have to mean owing something back. Start asking for at least one thing you want every day.

We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.

I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.

I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.

A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

Persistence Pays - The person who is willing to keep asking for what they want, and keeps demonstrating value, is ultimately the most persuasive." – Jason Nazar, CEO and co-founder, Docstoc [8]