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> [True prayer is an awareness of our helpless need and an acknowledgment of divine adequacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/true-prayer-is-an-awareness-of-our-helpless-need-and-an/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

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## More by Ray Stedman

> [The Christian is more than an empty vessel. He has...Someone within. We have a treasure in the earthen vessel, and not only a treasure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/the-christian-is-more-than-an-empty-vessel-he-has-someone-within-we/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [God designed it this way; He intended that His great power, wisdom, and love should become visible in very ordinary and otherwise inconsequential people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/god-designed-it-this-way-he-intended-that-his-great-power-wisdom-and/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [True Christianity is to manifest genuinely Christ-like behavior by dependence on the working of the Spirit of God within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/true-christianity-is-to-manifest-genuinely-christ-like-behavior-by/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [Although God certainly knows all our needs, praying for them changes our attitude from complaint to praise and enables us to participate in God’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/although-god-certainly-knows-all-our-needs-praying-for-them-changes/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [It has always seemed unfair to me that many churches (and some individual Christians) keep careful records on how many converts they make to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/it-has-always-seemed-unfair-to-me-that-many-churches-and-some/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [True prayer is an awareness of our helpless need and an acknowledgment of divine adequacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/true-prayer-is-an-awareness-of-our-helpless-need-and-an/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [The Psalms are much more than poetry. Many of them bear the title, Maskil, or teaching psalm. They are thus intended to instruct the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/the-psalms-are-much-more-than-poetry-many-of-them-bear-the-title/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [“God does not want a church filled with white-robed saints. He does not want a church filled with theological authorities or cultured clergyman. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/god-does-not-want-a-church-filled-with-white-robed-saints-he-does-not/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

> [To see lonely, selfish, empty individuals transformed slowly but surely into warm, loving, wholesome, and happy people is to become aware of why Paul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stedman/to-see-lonely-selfish-empty-individuals-transformed-slowly-but-surely/)

[Ray Stedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stedman/)

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