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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
"They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!"

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of giving thanks or praise, and in comparative religion is closely associated with more abstract for
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
"Four things which are not in thy treasury, I lay before thee, Lord, with this petition:— My nothingness, my wants, My sins, and my contrition."
"Expect an answer. If no answer is desired, why pray? True prayer has in it a strong element of expectancy."
"Let Light descend on Earth."
"If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way!"
"In eternity it will be a terrible thing for many a man to meet his own prayers. Their very language will condemn him; for he knew his duty, but he did it not."