The Necessity of Prayer by E.M. Bounds

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When we pray, Give us this day our daily bread, we are, in a measure, shutting tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not live in tomorrow but in today. We do not seek tomorrow's grace or tomorrow's bread. They thrive best, and get most out of life, who live in the living present. They pray best who pray for today's needs, not for tomorrow's, which may render our prayers unnecessary and redundant by not existing at all!

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The Necessity of Prayer

Chapter I: Prayer and Faith - Chapter I

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