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O. Hallesby Quotes


A Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist who taught at the Free Faculty of Theology from 1909 to 1952.
Ole Hallesby (5 August 1879 - 22 November 1961) was a Lutheran neo-orthodox pietist who taught at the Free Faculty of Theology from 1909 to 1952.

Here are some famous quotes by  O. Hallesby.

The more helpless you are the better you are fitted to pray and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

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Our groanings which cannot be uttered rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him.

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It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.

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By prayer we couple the powers of heaven to our helplessness the powers which can capture strongholds and make the impossible possible.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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Prayer is a condition of mind, an attitude of heart, which God recognizes as prayer whether it manifests itself in quiet thinking, in sighing or in audible words.

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We need to learn to know Him so well that we feel safe when we have left our difficulties with Him. To know Jesus in that way is a prerequisite of all true prayer.

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Helplessness is unquestionably the first and the surest indication of a praying heart. ... Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray.

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To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens wide the door unto Him and gives Him access to all your needs.

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Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.

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If God does not give you something you ask for wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.