Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer. Ole Hallesby More Quotes by Ole Hallesby More Quotes From Ole Hallesby The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration. Ole Hallesby pouring woe prayer Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. He hears it from the very moment that you are seized with helplessness, and He becomes actively engaged at once in hearing and answering the prayer of your helplessness. Ole Hallesby christian faith god To pray is to let God into our lives. He knocks and seeks admittance, not only in the solemn hours of secret prayer. He knocks in the midst of your daily work, your daily struggles, your daily grind. That is when you need Him most. Ole Hallesby religious god letting-go Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer. Ole Hallesby inseparable praying prayer There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence." Ole Hallesby praying prayer may Prayer is the conduit through which power from heaven is brought to earth. Ole Hallesby earth prayer heaven Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which moves Jesus to come in to us. All He needs is access. He enters in of His own accord, because He desires to come in. To pray is nothing more involved than to let Jesus into our needs, and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them. And that requires no strength. It is only a question of our wills. Will we give Jesus access to our needs?. Ole Hallesby prayer moving jesus To 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 Hallesby prayer exercise jesus See to it, night and day, that you pray for your children. Then you will leave them a great legacy of answers to prayer, which will follow them all the days of their life. Then you may calmly and with a good conscience depart from them, even though you may not leave them a great deal of material wealth. Ole Hallesby prayer night children Our 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 Hallesby done dawn prayer The secret prayer chamber is a bloody battleground. Here violent and decisive battles are fought out. Here the fate of souls for time and eternity is determined, in quietude and solitude. Ole Hallesby fate solitude prayer It is God's will not only to hear our prayer, but to give us the best and the richest answer which He, the almighty and omniscient God, can devise. He will send us the answer when it will benefit us and His cause the most. Ole Hallesby prayer answers giving Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Ole Hallesby helpless praying Helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. Ole Hallesby effects prayer heart Pray a little each day in a childlike way for the Spirit of prayer. If you feel that you know, as yet, very little concerning the deep things of prayer and what prayer really is, then pray for the Spirit of prayer. There is nothing He would rather do than unveil to you the grace of prayer. Ole Hallesby grace prayer way My 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 Hallesby praying all-things desire The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience. Ole Hallesby praying prayer answers Begin to realize more and more that prayer is the most important thing you do. You can use your time to no better advantage than to pray whenever you have an opportunity to do so, either alone or with others; while at work, while at rest, or while walking down the street. Anywhere! Ole Hallesby important prayer opportunity Jesus is not made of stone. He is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say to Him, "I thank Thee, Savior , because Thou hast died for me." Thank Him likewise for all the other blessings He has showered upon you from day to day. Ole Hallesby blessing hands jesus Prayer brings a good spirit in our homes. For God hears prayer. Heaven itself would come down to our homes. And even though we who constitute the home all have our imperfections and our failings, our home would, through God's answer to prayer, become a little paradise. Ole Hallesby imperfection prayer home
