Charles Grandison Finney Quotes

Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.

Charles Grandison Finney

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• Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.

  

  Charles Grandison Finney
  • Quality
  • Prayer
  • Answers