“God’s signs are not always the ones we look for, yet the private prayers of people, whether in our homes or in this place, are known, heard, and understood. There are prayers that help us last through the day, or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers that give us strength for the journey. And there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own.”

Opening address to the National Day of Prayer in Suva, 15 May 2005 (excerpts) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_4607.shtml

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "God’s signs are not always the ones we look for, yet the private prayers of people, whether in our homes or in this pla…" by Josefa Iloilo?
Josefa Iloilo photo
Josefa Iloilo 23
President of Fiji 1920–2011

Related quotes

Pope Benedict XVI photo
Kurien Kunnumpuram photo
Ellen G. White photo

“Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.”

Ellen G. White (1827–1915) American author and founder/leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Steps to Christ (1892) http://www.whiteestate.org/books/sc/sc.asp, p. 93

Bill Hybels photo

“By forcing us to look closely at our requests, prayer purifies us.”

Bill Hybels (1951) American writer

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Alexander Maclaren photo
Matthew Stover photo

“When the gods would punish us, they answer our prayers.”

Del Rey p. 92
Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Bill Hybels photo

“Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God.”

Bill Hybels (1951) American writer

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Related topics