There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires  listless efforts  lazy attitudes  all must be strenuous  urgent  ardent. Flamed desires  impassioned  unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls. Our whole being must be in our praying.
E. M. Bounds
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