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Mark Batterson (1969) American pastor and writer
Source: Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830–1903) Union Army chaplain
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 221.
“The greatest prayer motivator in existence is answered prayer.”
Bill Hybels (1951) American writer
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
“Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.”
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Source: A Call to Prayer (1867), p. 16
“Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Quoted by Alvin Redman in The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde http://books.google.com/books?id=qUjQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Prayer+must+never+be+answered+if+it+is+it+ceases+to+be+prayer+and+becomes+correspondence%22&pg=PA106#v=onepage (1952)
“Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.”
Ilchi Lee (1950) South Korean businessman
Source: The Call of Sedona: Journey of the Heart
“Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.”
George Meredith (1828–1909) British novelist and poet of the Victorian era
Ch. 12 http://books.google.com/books?id=n2g-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Who+rises+from+prayer+a+better+man+his+prayer+is+answered%22&pg=PA75#v=onepage. <br class="br"> The Ordeal of Richard Feverel http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4412/4412.txt (1859)
“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.”
Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) British missionary