We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest.

Philip Yancey
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to...
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to...
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to...
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to...
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We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest. When we do that, it is just a long wait for God to take care of things. We can’t be sitting around waiting for God to help us. That’s just not our job.

If we are going to get anything done, if we are going to change the world, we have to take action. We have to be doing something every day. We can’t just sit around waiting for God to fix everything.

That won’t work.

Source: Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

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