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The price is not great when compared with what he gives in return; it is our blindness and our unwillingness to yield that make it seem great.",2,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[26],{"id":27,"tag":28},3633582,{"id":29,"tag_name":30},31887,"god-s-presence",{"id":32,"quote_text":33,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":34,"source":35,"quote_tag":36,"commentary":47},569907,"...the wonder is not that God can answer prayer, but that he does, when we so imperfectly meet the conditions clearly laid down in his Word.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[37,42],{"id":38,"tag":39},3055896,{"id":40,"tag_name":41},255,"god",{"id":43,"tag":44},3055897,{"id":45,"tag_name":46},3176,"prayer","**The Backstory**\nThis quote is attributed to Rosalind Goforth, a missionary and author who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, she and her husband, Jonathan, faced numerous challenges in their evangelistic work in China, including persecution and personal struggles. As they navigated these difficulties, Rosalind developed a profound understanding of prayer and the nature of God's relationship with humanity.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe wonder is not that God can answer prayer, but that he does, when we so imperfectly meet the conditions clearly laid down in his Word. This quote reveals a subtle yet profound paradox: that God's willingness to answer prayer is not contingent on human perfection, but rather on the imperfect yet sincere efforts of believers. This challenges the common assumption that prayer must be a transactional exchange, where we offer a set of precise conditions and God responds accordingly. Instead, Rosalind suggests that God's nature is to respond to the sincerity and humility of our prayers, even when we fail to meet our own expectations.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset, recognize that prayer is not about achieving a predetermined outcome, but about cultivating a deep sense of dependence and trust in God's character. By embracing our own imperfections and limitations, we can approach prayer with a more authentic and humble spirit, trusting that God will respond to our sincere efforts, even when we fall short of our own expectations.",{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":57},569906,"Prayer has been hedged about with too many man-made rules. I am convinced that God has intended prayer to be as simple and natural and as constant a part of our spiritual life, as the intercourse between a child and his parent in the home. And as a large part of that intercourse between child and parent is simply asking and receiving, just so is it with us and our Heavenly Parent.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[54],{"id":55,"tag":56},3055895,{"id":45,"tag_name":46},"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Rosalind Goforth, a missionary and writer, likely from her writings in the early 20th century. During this time, the Western Christian tradition had developed a complex and formalized approach to prayer, which may have made it feel inaccessible to many. As a missionary, Rosalind's experiences and reflections would have been shaped by her interactions with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, influencing her views on the simplicity and universality of prayer.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat lies beneath the surface of Rosalind's statement is a subtle critique of the tendency to overcomplicate spiritual practices. By drawing an analogy between a child's natural communication with their parent and our relationship with God, she highlights the inherent simplicity and spontaneity of prayer. This nuance reveals a tension between the desire for spiritual depth and the ease of genuine connection with the divine.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, recognize that your relationship with God doesn't have to be bound by rigid rules or formalities. Instead, cultivate a sense of simplicity and naturalness in your prayer life by embracing the freedom to ask and receive without pretense, just as a child would with their parent.",{"id":59,"quote_text":60,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":61,"source":62,"quote_tag":63,"commentary":9},496677,"Sin is the one thing I abhor - for it is the one thing that can, if unrepented of, separate us, not from Christ, but from the consciousness of his presence. 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