Quotes about Petition

Far from ruining the purity of solitary prayer, petition guards and preserves that purity. The solitary, more than anyone else, is always aware of his needs before God. ... His prayer is an expression of his poverty. Petition, for him, can hardly become a mere formality, a concession to human custom, as if he did not need God in everything.

When you bow your head to pray—when you're in a jam and you need to ask God for something—are you aware of who you're talking to?

You are coming to a King, Large petitions with you bring For his grace and power are such None can ever ask too much.

Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine.

Our thanks to God should always precede our requests.

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

True prayer, not just mindless, halfhearted petitions, is what digs the well God wants to fill with faith.

Oh, but God had a plan. A marvelous plan. He allowed Hannah to be childless so that she would petition God for a child instead of assuming it would be the normal result of marital relations. He also allowed Hannah to be deeply desirous of a child so she would dedicate him entirely to the Lord. He sovereignly planned for His word

Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6

Therefore, Your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to You. 2 Samuel 7:27

At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured.

This is the confidence we have before Him: whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 5:14