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"all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved."
"Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him."
"Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God."
"Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is."
"Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God."
"Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself"
"Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well."
"Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend."
"A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself."
"Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality."
"The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves."
"The primary means-of-reviva l that everyone agrees upon is extraordinary prayer."
"Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to."
"Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality."
"If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation."
"Exactly who is this God character who is said to be all-powerful yet needs to hire lawyers to take us to court? Isn't he miffed when someone he had always considered to be a true follower turns to the legal system rather than to prayer? Why would the faithful risk making God look ridiculous by losing a trial on Earth when he is certain to win every trial in heaven?"
"A flag doesn't cause someone to sit in a prayer meeting for an hour, and then stand up and shoot people."
"We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor."
"A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers."
"Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers."
