A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Prayer is a fine, delicate instrument. To use it right is a great art, a holy art. There is perhaps no greater art than the art of prayer. Yet the least gifted, the uneducated and the poor can cultivate the… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens wide… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
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… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Our prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Helplessness united with faith produces prayer, for without faith there can be no prayer. — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
The shower of answers to your prayers will continue to your dying hour. Nor will it cease then. When you pass out from beneath… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
If God does not give you something you ask for, wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know in… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Praise lies upon a higher plain than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle around myself to some extent. But in praise… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
When we succeed in truly thanking God, we feel good at heart. The reason is that we have been created to give glory to… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
