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The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

John Stott
Prayer, Purpose, God's Will
John Stott (2016). “Reading Romans with John Stott”, p.113, InterVarsity Press

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, Humble, Needs
John Stott (2014). “The Message of the Sermon on the Mount”, p.133, SPCK

Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his.

John Stott
Prayer, Bending, Way
John Stott (2015). “TNTC Letters of John”, p.145, SPCK

It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.

John Stott
Prayer, Goes On, Our Love
John Stott (2014). “The Message of the Sermon on the Mount”, p.86, SPCK

God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to him. He must disclose to us who he is before we can offer him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

John Stott
Prayer, Liberty, Scripture
John Stott (1992). “The contemporary Christian: an urgent plea for double listening”

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