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" The more praying there is in the world, the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil everywhere. "
Edward McKendree Bounds
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" Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of prayer, or else there is nothing whatever in prayer. "
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" We may excuse the spiritual poverty of our preaching in many ways, but the true secret will be found in the lack of urgent prayer for God's presence in the power of the Holy Spirit. "
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