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No prayer in respect of an answer to it is in vain.
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In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6-7 · WEB
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2026-10-15
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02 / 20
They made their requests for prayer and prayed for each other’s dear ones.
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03 / 20
Without prayer, the soul will grow lean and feeble.
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04 / 20
Look to the glorious Trinity in prayer.
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05 / 20
To feed the soul we must toil at prayer.
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06 / 20
Ye have the blessing and prayers of the prisoner of Christ to you, your wife and your children.
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07 / 20
Prayer is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings, the secret of power and life.
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08 / 20
That hours of the day, less or more time, for the word and prayer, be given to God; not sparing the twelfth hour, or mid-day, howbeit it should then be the shorter time.
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09 / 20
I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.
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10 / 20
The minister of Christ is set apart to give himself as much to prayer as to the ministry of the word.
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The more we pray, the more shall we learn the mysteries and heights and depths of prayer.
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Prayer is not an asking for things so much as a seeking for Himself.
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The only thing needed to bring this fire of revival is prayer.
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Its prayer life is the highest life, the most odorous, the most conspicuous.
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They began to come early to the church, choose a place, and do their own private praying.
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Let me recount what God has done through concerted, united, sustained prayer.
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When other religious people and church members are attending the show, you find the real Holy Ghost converts happy to be at the prayer meeting.
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If you don't get a praying pastor, you don't get a praying church.
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Leonard Ravenhill, Interview of Leonard Ravenhill by David Mainse (transcript).
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God’s people are diligently to observe the answers of their prayers.
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We cannot pray in love and live in hate and still think we are worshipping God.
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