Supplication

Supplication

Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most common form of prayer, wherein a person asks God to provide something, either for the person who is doing the praying or on behalf of someone else. This is because a supplication is being made, also known as intercession.

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Famous quotes containing the word supplication:

    “Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Philippians 4:6.

    “This is the dead land
    This is cactus land
    Here the stone images
    Are raised, here they receive
    The supplication of a dead man’s hand
    Under the twinkle of a fading star.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)