Prayer Isn’t Asking, It’s Approaching
'God's more interested in the approach than He is the request.' Most of us treat prayer like a way to get God to respond. But what if we've misunderstood its purpose from the beginning? The greatest answer to prayer may not be getting what you asked for. It may be discovering what was on God's heart all along.
“God's more interested in the approach than he is the request.”
“Anyone can enter into his presence because prayer literally means to approach. Not so much request. It's approach.”
“If He knows that you're only gonna come to Him for a relationship when you have a need, if I'm God, I'm gonna make sure you have a whole bunch of needs.””
“He wants to hear from me. He wants to share something with me, because that's what love does. It's the nature of love. That's prayer.”
“If His will is done in my life, what request do I have left?”
“God's answer to prayer many, many times, is redirecting us into a relationship with who He is instead of what we need.”
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