God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be. (Philip Yancey)

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

Philip Yancey

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