Quotes about Alignment
Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
— E Stanley Jones
We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.
— AB Simpson
The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
— Julian of Norwich
It's not my business to try and make God think like me... but to try, in prayer and penitence, to think like God.
— AW Tozer
O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will as if it were my will, so that Thou mayest do my will as if it were Thy will.
— St. Augustine
When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.
— Marianne Williamson
True prayer brings a person's will into accordance with God's will not the other way around.
— Anonymous
When I pray coincidences happen and when I don't they don't.
— William Temple
If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.
— Philip Yancey
No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.
— Elizabeth George
God puts desires into your heart. His desires will actually become your desires, and your desires will be His.
— Elizabeth George