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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
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Missionary
Theologian
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London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
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Humble
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Prayer
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