Satan’s attempt to pry us away from the throne of grace in our trials is his effort either to stop our prayers or to frustrate them. Our prayers seem most feeble and short and empty when the trials come, but we must press toward the throne and not run away. Satan entices us to think our short and feeble prayers are ineffectual and vain, and yet “short, frequent, and fervent petitions, which will almost necessarily arise from what is felt when temptation is violent, are best suited to the case.”51 In other words, Satan’s work amid trials is to further aggravate the pain with disillusionment and
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