Quote by Martin Luther King Jr.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold

Summary

This quote suggests that prayer is not about convincing a reluctant God to fulfill our desires, but rather about seeking to grasp His inherent willingness to listen and respond to our needs. It emphasizes the concept that prayer is a means of accessing God's compassionate and compassionate nature, connecting with His benevolence and openness to receive our pleas and supplications. Rather than attempting to persuade or coerce a reluctant deity, this quote encourages a perspective of acknowledging and embracing God's readiness to help and provide for us through the act of prayer.

Topics

Prayer Sovereignty Of God

By Martin Luther King Jr.

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

That's what being in the working class is all about -- how t

That's what being in the working class is all about -- how to get out of it.

Neville Kenneth Wran

Class

I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one a

I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.

Melville D. Landon

Poverty

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining mo

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

Kathryn Bigelow

History

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

Publilius Syrus

Right

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretched

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.

Thomas Jefferson

Life

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

Beauty

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

William Hazlitt

Love Friendship Strength Goodness Mind Proof

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises.

Great

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the co

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

William Butler Yeats

Dreams

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

Attitude Cooking

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, al

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

Charlie Chaplin

Romantic

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.

Amazing