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“I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray pray thyself in me.”
“The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer but unoffered prayer.”
“True prayer brings a person's will into accordance with God's will not the other way around.”
“My prayers my God flow from what I am not I think Thy answers make me what I am.”
“Do not forget that prayer is ordained for the purpose of glorifying the name of God. Therefore whether you pray for big things or for little things say to God "If it will glorify Thy name then ...”
“It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.”
“The greatest blessing of prayer is not receiving the answer but being the kind of person God can trust with His answer.”
“I used to pray that God would do this or that now I pray that God will make His will known to me.”
“God answers prayer with certainty. Wish fulfillment is something else.”
“How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?”
“A generous prayer is never presented in vain the petition may be refused but the petitioner is always I believe rewarded by some gracious visitation.”
“Women don't have halos built in.”
“A Chinese Christian prayed every day .... "Lord reform Thy world beginning with me."”
“Create in me a clean heart O God.”
“The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature.”
“Do not pray for easy lives pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers pray for powers equal to your tasks.”
“There are two main pitfalls on the road to mastery of the art of prayer. If a person gets what he asks for his humility is in danger. If he fails to get what he asks for he is apt to lose confide...”
“If we be empty and poor it is not because God's hand is straitened but ours is not opened.”
“It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.”
“I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.”
