There is a reason Scripture instructs us to "hold fast our confession" of faith (Heb. 4:14), and to pray without being double minded or without wavering (James 1:5—8). Confession is always verbal and never just mental agreement. Prayer is verbal petitioning but holding on to your prayer centers on confession
- Perry Stone
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
- Daniel 6:11
the way in which He worked miracles, namely because He worked miracles . . . of His own power, and not by praying (petitioning), as others do. .