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You go into the Church to obtain mercy: first, show mercy. Make God your debtor, and then you may ask of Him, and receive with usury. We are not heard barely for the lifting up of our hands. Stretch forth your hands, not only to heaven, but to the poor. If you stretch out your hands to the poor, you touch the very height of heaven; for He that sits there receives your alms. But if you lift up barren hands, it profits nothing.

Also attributed to: Unknown

The point

Giving to the poor is the truest way to reach God in prayer.

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Audience
AdultsYouth
Occasions
Sermon · Stewardship
Tone
Convicting · Uplifting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 64 words
Subjects
PrayerCharityMercyPovertyAlmsgivingGivingAlms

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