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O. Hallesby Quotes: If God does not give you something you ask for wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.
         

If God does not give you something you ask for wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.


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If God does not give you something you ask for wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.
         



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Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer.



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To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.



Only he who is helpless can truly pray.

Only he who is helpless can truly pray.



Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer.

Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer.



Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth.

Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth.



Helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.

Helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.



The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.



My praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.

My praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.



Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.

Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.



It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.

It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.





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