Quotes about Intimacy
Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.
— DL Moody
The secret of praying is praying in secret.
— Leonard Ravenhill
You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.
— Brother Lawrence
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.
— St. John Chrysostom
The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.
— David Platt
Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.
— Oswald Chambers
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
— Teresa of Avila
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.
— Oswald Chambers
I must exchange whispers with God before shouts with the world.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Look at Him while He is looking at you.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
— Erwin McManus
Trying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife.
— JI Packer