We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy to God when the life has not been holy to God.
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Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient.
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Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.
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Prayer is the easiest and hardest of all things; the simplest and the sublim-est; the weakest and the most powerful; its results lie outside the range of human possibilities-they are limited only by the omnipotence of God.
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God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.
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It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers.
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