Quotes about Specificity

God does not answer vague prayers.

The more faith you have, the more specific your prayers will be. And the more specific your prayers are, the more glory God receives.

Fuzzy and unspecific prayers see fuzzy and unspecific results.

In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.

Be specific in your prayer requests of GOD.

As Robin Morgan wrote so wisely, Hate generalizes, love specifies. That's what makes going on the road so important. It definitely specifies.

As we grow into maturity in Christ our distinctiveness is accentuated, not blunted. General directions, useful as they are, don't take into account the details that face us as holiness takes root in the particular social and personal place we are planted.

Our prayers must not be a vague appeal to His mercy or an indefinite cry for blessing, but the distinct expression of definite need. It is not that His loving heart does not understand our cry or is not ready to hear, but He desires it for our own sake. Such definite prayer teaches us to know our own needs better. It demands time and thought and self-scrutiny to find out what really is our greatest need.

You must be very specific in your wishes or they'll come back to haunt you.

When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.

The mistake that's so easy to make is to get greedy as you choose your hive, to say, "this product is for everyone" or "anyone can benefit from this idea." Well, there are seven billion people on the planet, so it's unlikely your comment is correct; even if it is, there's little chance that a virus would spread across a hive that big.

To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.