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“The man who prays grows and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.”
“The exercise of prayer in those who habitually exert it must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves.”
“The essence of prayer even of a mystical experience is the way we are altered to see everything from its life-filled dimension.”
“It is hard to wait and press and pray and hear no voice but stay till God answers.”
“Pray because you have a Father not because it quietens you and give Him time to answer.”
“Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer he taught that prayers are always answered. He ever implied that prayers were answered rightly because of the Heavenly Father's wisdom.”
“As white snow flakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step you take even to your dying day. The story of your life will be the story of ...”
“God is a rich and bountiful Father and He does not forget His children nor withhold from them anything which it would be to their advantage to receive.”
“Just as an earthly father knows what is best for his children's welfare so does God take into consideration the particular needs of His human family and meets them out of His wonderful storehouse.”
“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 by t...”
“Prayer like faith obtains promises enlarges their operation and adds to the measure of their results.”
“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.”
“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 Sp...”
“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 us a...”
“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.”
“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 death ex...”
“When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.”
“God alone fully understands what each one of us needs we make mistakes continually and pray for things which would be harmful to us if we received them. Afterwards we see our mistakes and realize t...”
“When the gods are angry with a man they give him what he asks for.”
