The purpose of fasting is to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world of material things and our surroundings as a whole, in order that we may concentrate all our spiritual powers upon the unseen… — 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 means to be so watchful at all times that we can notice when we become slothful in prayer and that we go to the Spirit of prayer to have this remedied. In this struggle, too, the… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share
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
