Prayer

St. Thomas More (1478 ~ 1535), write the following while in prison, "The things, good Lord, that I pray for give me the grace to labor for."  

Why do people, including Christians, ridicule and detest beggars but don't hesitate to become one before God?  The purpose of prayer is to better, to refine, to elevate ourselves… it is to draw us closer to God, to better know God.  Maybe, we should try to spend less asking of God and more time listening to what He says…

Prayer does not change God, 

but it changes him who prays.  

Soren Kierkegaard

The value of consistent prayer 

is not He will hear us, 

but we will hear Him.  

William McGill

We have to pray with our eyes on God, 

not on the difficulties.  

Oswald Chambers

But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;

yes, I prayed to my God for help.

He heard me from His sanctuary;

my cry to Him reached His ears.

Psalm 18:6

In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry.

May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

Psalm 20:1

May He grant your heart’s desires

and make all your plans succeed.

…may the LORD answer all your prayers.

Psalm 20:4-6

For You have given him his heart’s desire;

You have withheld nothing he requested.

Psalm 21:2

He asked You to preserve his life,

and You granted his request.

Psalm 21:4

Have a good and godly day.