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My 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

My 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.

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Friends, Powerful, Prayer
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Prayer is such a great effort to most of us because we do not pray right.

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Prayer, Effort, Praying
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Helplessness becomes prayer the moment that you go to Jesus and speak candidly and confidently with him about your needs. This is to believe.

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Jesus, Prayer, Believe
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Prayer 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.

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Jesus, Prayer, Resurrection

When it becomes clear to us that prayer is a part of our daily program of work, it will also become clear to us that we must arrange our daily program in such a way that there is time also for this work, just as we set aside time for other necessary things, such as eating and dressing.

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Prayer, Way, Eating
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

To pray is to let Jesus come into our hearts.

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Christian, Jesus, Prayer
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Pray for whatsoever you will. In the name of Jesus you have permission, not only to stand in the presence of God, but also to pray for everything you need.

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Jesus, Names, Needs
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

It 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.

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Children, Father, Desire
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

It is not only blessed to give thanks; it is also of vital importance to our prayer life in general. If we have noted the Lord's answers to our prayers and thanked Him for what we have received of Him, then it becomes easier for us, and we get more courage, to pray for more.

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Prayer, Blessed, Giving
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep sighs or sudden exclamations of wonder, joy, gratitude or adoration.

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Gratitude, Prayer, Blessed
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable opportunities

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Prayer, Opportunity, Quiet

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 decisive factor is the Spirit of prayer.

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Prayer, Struggle, Mean
Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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