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“It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.”
“If a door slams shut it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down.”
“We ignorant of ourselves beg often our own harms which the wise powers deny us for our good.”
“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 b...”
“Always look for ways to act upon the faith you display in your prayers.”
“Prayer like faith obtains promises enlarges their operation and adds to the measure of their results.”
“You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”
“If we will make use of prayer to call down upon ourselves and others those things which will glorify the name of God then we shall see the strongest and boldest promises of the Bible about prayer ...”
“Visualize "prayerize " "actionize " and your wishes will come true.”
“Let it be your business every day in the secrecy of the inner chamber to meet the holy God. You will be repaid for the trouble it may cost you. The reward will be sure and rich.”
“One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.”
“Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue i.e. it is much easier to ask God to do my work than it is to do it myself. Until we are disciplined properly ...”
“If we pray for anything according to the will of God we already have what we pray for the moment we ask it. We do not know exactly when it will arrive but we have learned to know God through the ...”
“Some people think that prayer just means asking for things and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for they think the whole thing is a fraud.”
“It is God's will not only to hear our prayer but to give us the best and the richest answer which He the almighty and omniscient God can devise. He will send us the answer when it will benefit u...”
“Poverty chastity and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.”
“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.”
“Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer.”
“The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire it hath bridled the rage of lions hushed anarchy to rest extinguished wars appeased the elements expelled demons burst the chains of de...”
“There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.”
