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The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

John Stott
Prayer, Purpose, God's Will
John Stott (2016). “Reading Romans with John Stott”, p.113, InterVarsity Press

The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.

John Stott
Lying, Church, Purpose
John Stott (2012). “The Living Church”, p.15, SPCK

The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose.

John Stott
Christian, Blessed, Purpose

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