Frederick William Robertson Quotes

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

I find that doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

I respect religion in general. I respect a lot, but I don't follow any religion. You know, I just follow my personal connection with God. For me, God is inside my heart and is inside everyone's heart.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

I have never been religious. I talk to God every day, but He's never said a word to me about religion! I think the most powerful prayer is surrender.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

My belief in God is that God wants you. God wants you to believe in him, or it, whatever you would call it.

When you meditate or pray... both are forms of meditation... you give up control and find the answer and you open yourself to receive God's gift, the universal force, or whatever that is.

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I will accept it. That's the message I got and that's why I'm here at Hull.

God doesn't want something from us. He simply wants us.

Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.

I turn to someone, I'm not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title; it makes no sense. I've never understood those who pray before a match. I simply give thanks for what I have received.

I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

I pray every night, sometimes long prayers about a lot of things and a lot of people, but I don't talk about it or brag about it because that's between God and me, and I'm no better than anybody else in God's sight.