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Where are we commanded to pray?
“When thou prayest enter into thy closet” ([Matthew vi, 6]).
How long ought we to continue in prayer?
“Men ought always to pray” ([Luke xviii, 1]).
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Did Christ assume for himself the power of answering petitions?
“Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do” ([John xiv, 13]). But soon realizing that his capital was too small to conduct a business of such magnitude, he was compelled to announce that, “Whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” ([xv, 16]).