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> [The explanation is that prayer is not primarily God's way of getting things done. It is God's way of giving the church 'on the job training' in overcoming the forces hostile to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/the-explanation-is-that-prayer-is-not-primarily-god-s-way-of-getting/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

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## More by Paul Billheimer

> [Surely that which occupies the total time and energies of heaven must be a fitting pattern for earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/surely-that-which-occupies-the-total-time-and-energies-of-heaven-must/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [The explanation is that prayer is not primarily God's way of getting things done. It is God's way of giving the church 'on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/the-explanation-is-that-prayer-is-not-primarily-god-s-way-of-getting/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [When a church is truly convinced that prayer is where the action is, that church will so construct its corporate activities that the prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/when-a-church-is-truly-convinced-that-prayer-is-where-the-action-is/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [The prayer closet is the arena which produces the overcomer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/the-prayer-closet-is-the-arena-which-produces-the-overcomer/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [Someone has described the modern American as a person who drives a bank financed car over a bond financed highway on credit card gas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/someone-has-described-the-modern-american-as-a-person-who-drives-a/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [Through the plan of prayer, God actually is inviting redeemed man into full partnership with Him; not in making the divine decisions, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/through-the-plan-of-prayer-god-actually-is-inviting-redeemed-man-into/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [From heaven's standpoint, all spiritual victories are won not primarily in the pulpit, not primarily in the klieg light of publicity, nor yet through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/from-heaven-s-standpoint-all-spiritual-victories-are-won-not/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [Intercession is the most unselfish thing anyone can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/intercession-is-the-most-unselfish-thing-anyone-can-do/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/satan-does-not-care-how-many-people-read-about-prayer-if-only-he-can/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [Any church program, no matter how impressive, if it is not supported by an adequate prayer program, is little more than an ecclesiastical treadmill.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/any-church-program-no-matter-how-impressive-if-it-is-not-supported-by/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

> [God designed the program of prayer as an 'apprenticeship' for eternal sovereignty with Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-billheimer/god-designed-the-program-of-prayer-as-an-apprenticeship-for-eternal/)

[Paul Billheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-billheimer/)

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