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“Prayer is surrender--surr ender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God.”

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E. Stanley Jones
E. Stanley Jones

E. Stanley Jones was an accomplished journalist whose career spanned various fields, including news, politics, and social activism. He was born on January 3, 1884, and passed away on January 25, 1973. more

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