Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer life will either die from discouragement and despair or become simply a duty which we feel we must perform.
OLE HALLESBYNothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer life will either die from discouragement and despair or become simply a duty which we feel we must perform.
OLE HALLESBYIt is the will of our heavenly Father that we should come to Him freely and confidently and make known our desires to Him, just as we would have our children come freely and of their own accord and speak to us about the things they would like to have.
OLE HALLESBYThe quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable opportunities
OLE HALLESBYThe 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 and eternal things.
OLE HALLESBYHelplessness is the real secret and the impelling power of prayer.
OLE HALLESBYPrayer is the risen Jesus coming in with His resurrection power, given free rein in our lives, and then using His authority to enter any situation and change things.
OLE HALLESBYPrayer 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 holy art of prayer.
OLE HALLESBYHelplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs. This is to believe.
OLE HALLESBYWe should say to God as we mingle with our dear ones each day, “God, give them each Thy blessing. They need it, because they live with me, and I am very selfish and unwilling to sacrifice very much for them, although I do love them.
OLE HALLESBYIt is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.
OLE HALLESBYMy helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You think that everything is closed to you because you cannot pray. My friend, your helplessness is the very essence of prayer.
OLE HALLESBYTo pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.
OLE HALLESBYMy praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. … Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.
OLE HALLESBYOur prayer life will become restful when it really dawns upon us that we have done all we are supposed to do when we have spoken to Him about it. From the moment we have left it with Him, it is His responsi-bility.
OLE HALLESBYIf God does not give you something you ask for, wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.
OLE HALLESBYOnly he who is helpless can truly pray.
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