To pray with your fists closed means you're hanging onto something. Let it go. Open your hands to God.
Aiden Wilson TozerPrayer is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. How to get things from God occupies most [books].
Aiden Wilson TozerBrother Lawrence expressed the highest moral wisdom when he testified that if he stumbled and fell he turned at once to God and said, 'O Lord, this is what you may expect of me if You leave me to myself.' He then accepted forgiveness, thanked God, and gave himself no further concerns about the matter.
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