Quotes related to Psalm 37:4
God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.
— Anselm of Canterbury
We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
— John Calvin
God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him much more strongly and loudly than the our desires for Him.
— Andrew Murray
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.
— Brother Lawrence
When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
— Teresa of Avila
God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.
— JI Packer
The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life isn't to make you number one in the world's eyes but to make Him number one in your life.
— Ravi Zacharias
The biggest enemy to prayer is praying for something you already have.
— Bill Johnson
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
— Teresa of Avila
It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.
— John Piper
In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is continual prayer.
— John Wesley