"Our God is a God who acts. Our prayers ask God to abide, accompany, anoint, awaken, bring, care, cleanse, clothe, comfort, console, continue, create, defend, deliver, direct, embrace, empower, enable, encourage, enlighten, feed, fill, form, gather, give, grant, guide, heal, hear, help, increase, inspire, instruct, kindle, lead, mend, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, open, pilot, prepare, preserve, protect, raise, reconcile, redeem, reign, renew, replace, rescue, restore, revive, save, shape, shelter, shine, strengthen, sustain, teach, train, transform, unite."
- Gail Ramshaw, Praying for the Whole World: A Handbook for Intercessors