Quotes about Need
Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.
— John Stott
Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer - persistent prayer - can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Prayer is not designed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to him of our sense of need.
— AW Pink
...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
— Julian of Norwich
Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need.
— John Newton
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:England hath need of thee: she is a fenOf stagnant waters.
— William Wordsworth
If anyone was ever cognizant of the need and function of 'litanies', it was Kafka.
— Elias Canetti
Jesus comes into our lives in these places of need. And if we recognize Him because of our need, then we can receive whatever it is that He is prepared to offer us whether it's the grace of forgiveness or the patience to wait for the answer to that prayer or healing or serenity in the midst of the worst times of your life. Whatever it is, you can receive it and say, "Thank You, Lord.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.
— Alistair Begg
A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.
— Billy Graham
One cannot understand the power of grace until one has needed it. Or given it.
— Richard Paul Evans
because having too many options can easily lead to being stuck, disconnected from your life because there's no pressing need to do anything.
— Rob Bell