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Prayer is the very way God Himself has chosen for us to express our conscious need of Him and our humble dependence on Him.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
Author
Missionary
Theologian
Writer
London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Way
Dependence
Chosen
Express
Humble
Conscious
Prayer
Need
Needs

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