“Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper – and sleep too – than not pray. And we must not talk about prayer, we must pray in right earnest. The Lord is near. He comes softly while the virgins slumber.”
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Andrew Bonar
It is so hard for me to forsake what seems like a basic human need for what is greater. To leave the things of time for the things of eternity.