Read our Lord’s words in this connection: “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” To God and to man, the answer to prayer is the all-important part of our praying. The answer to prayer, direct and unmistakable, is the evidence of God’s being. It proves that God lives, that there is a God, an intelligent being, who is interested in His creatures, and who listens to them when they approach Him in prayer. There is no proof so clear and
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