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Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Thinking
Prayer
Asks
True
Better
Denials
Something
Delays
Always
Receives
Never
Delay
Think
Denial

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