The purpose of prayer is not for the disciple to give information to God. The purpose of prayer is intimacy with God.
– David Platt
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- The purpose of God’s Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God. – David Platt
- Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex. – Barbara Cartland
- Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy. – John Green
- The formal definition of impact is a forcible contact between two things, and God has designed our lives for a collision course with the world. – David Platt
- God’s revelation in the Gospel not only reveals Who He is, but it also reveals who we are. – David Platt
- God grows the Church through holiness in Christians. – David Platt
- Things go wrong for a purpose. Just know the purpose, and just understand how to distinctively use the purpose for a great purpose! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Prayer is communion with God. It’s fellowship, relationship, and intimacy with Him. – Andrew Wommack
- My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus’ words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. – David Platt
- The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds, but by trusting Jesus to change our desires. Follow Me, pg. 111. – David Platt
- A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church. – David Platt
- Making disciples of Jesus is the overflow of the delight in being disciples of Jesus. – David Platt
- As you call people to submit to the Person of Christ, you can trust the Spirit of Christ to lead them to salvation. – David Platt
- I could impart excitement, but not urgency. -“ Francis Chen – David Platt
- The great purpose of prayer is not getting things from God but getting God. – David Mathis
- We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. – Oswald Chambers
- Study in direction of your field and find maximum amount of information about it , read all possible information concerning it – Sunday Adelaja
- Information can compel us to want to take action, but information, by itself, is often not enough to motivate action or change. – Sharon Weil
- We often know information but not the epistemology of that information. – Debasish Mridha
- It’s important to realize that sometimes the information you need is hidden behind the information available. – Anne Elizabeth Moore
- The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false. – Neil deGrasse Tyson
- When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep. – Ursula K Le Guin
- You do not keep the audience’s interest by giving it information, but by withholding information …. – Robert McKee
- In this time of ‘information overload’, people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to. – Maarten Schfer
- Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship. – Bruce Coville
- When we heed God’s Word, we are rejecting how the world tries to disciple us. – Matt Chandler
- Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith. – Elizabeth George
- The purpose of a purpose is a purpose – Thabiso Monkoe
- Art for art’s sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804) – Benjamin Constant
- The purpose of a purpose is to fulfill a purpose – Thabiso Monkoe
- But prayer isn’t asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right. – Max Lucado
- Smartass Disciple: Where were all things before the time began?Master of Stupidity: What was the time before all things created? – Toba Beta
- As food is to the body, so is The Word to the Spirit of a disciple – Christian Michael
- It is better to be a true disciple than a false follower. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Be disciplined and disciple to thrive in every situation and keep cleaved to your plans. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Jesus Christ did not perform any transgender miracles and no disciple was gay. – Felix Wantang
- To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high. – Billy Graham
- When you choose a Guru you become a follower. When your Guru chooses you, you become a disciple – Guruji Naushir
- Master: When a human being asks ‘WHO AM I?’, the honest answer is eternal silence.Disciple: Do we make noise to feel that silence, Master? – Saurabh Sharma