I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return.
Philip YanceyPrayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership.
Philip Yancey