“We can’t build anything that will impress God because He has already created the entire universe. There is one thing, however, that does attract His favor: “On this one will I look [esteem or respect].” Whom will God respect and take into account? “Him who is poor and of a contrite spirit and who trembles at My word.”
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Derek Prince,
Prayers & Proclamations: How to Use the Bible as the Authority over Trials and Temptations