For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and th…”

“The Christian life is simply a process of having your natural self changed into…”

“A Christian society is not going to arrive until most of us really want it: and…”

“God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need …”