For us as sinful men and women, prayer is not designed to align God with our will, but to align our will with God. Prayer is not to make God more like us but to make us more like God. It should firm up the muscles of our faith.
— Steve Swartz, Pastor, Bibellehrer und Buchautor
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust
Occasions: For Reflection
Steve Swartz
Steve Swartz ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor und Autor, der die Grace Bible Church in Bakersfield, Kalifornien, leitet. Er steht für eine reformiert-baptistische Theologie mit versweiser Schriftauslegung und befasst sich in seinen Schriften unter anderem mit biblischer Seelsorge sowie Scheidungsgründen bei schwerem Missbrauch. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er systematische Auslegungen reformierter Kernlehren und Hilfestellungen zu praktischen Glaubensfragen.
All quotes by Steve Swartz (17)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson