Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need.
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John Newton was a 18th-century anglican cleric, hymn-writer, and abolitionist. John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.”
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“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am”
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“If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.”
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“You are coming to a King Large petitions with you bring For his grace and power are such None can ever ask too much.”
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“Beyond our utmost wants His love and power can bless To praying souls he always grants More than they can express.”
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“The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption.”
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