For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compul…

C. S. Lewis
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For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.97, Simon and Schuster
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For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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