The more people praying in this world, the better the world will be; the mightier the forces against evil everywhere. Prayer purifies the air; it destroys the atmosphere of evil. Prayer is not a fitful, shortlived thing. It is not a voice crying unheard and unheeded in the silence. It is a voice which goes into God's ear, and it lives as long as God's heart is alive to holy things.
Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Luke 11:5-10 NIV







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