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Prayer Quotes by D. A. Carson
- The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety…
- Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian orthodoxy…
- All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.
- Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.
- We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.
- Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined…
- Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.
- People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the…
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- I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer. — Teresa of Avila
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