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"Prayer works for good. Prayer is the bellows of the affections; it blows up holy desires and ardors of soul. Prayer has power with God. It is a key that unlocks the treasury of God's mercy. Prayer keeps the heart open to God and shut to sin; it assuages the intemperate heart and the swellings of lust. It was Luther's counsel to a friend, when he perceived a temptation begin to arise, to betake himself to prayer. Prayer is the Christian's gun. Prayer is the sovereign medicine of the soul. Prayer sanctifies every mercy (1Timothy 4:5). It is the despeller of sorrow: by venting the grief it eases the heart." (Thomas Watson, All Things For Good)