"Les croyants ne prient pas en vue d'informer Dieu de choses qui lui sont inconnues, ou de l'exciter à faire son devoir, ou de le presser comme s'il était réticent. Au contraire, ils prient pour s'éveiller à Le chercher, pour exercer leur foi en méditant ses promesses, pour se soulager de leurs angoisses en les versant dans son sein ; en un mot, pour déclarer que de Lui seul ils espèrent et attendent, tant pour eux que pour les autres, tous les biens."
Jean Calvin
“Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things.”
John Calvin