“Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy.”John Piper
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John Piper — Selected writings, sermons, and teachings on the glory of God, Christian joy, prayer, holiness, the gospel, and missions, including quotations attributed to him in supplied graphics and excerpts from Remembering Past Grace for the Sake of Future Grace.