# “Prayer is for the helpless” by Ole Hallesby

- Link: https://tollelege.net/2026/04/29/prayer-is-for-the-helpless-by-ole-hallesby/
- Published: 2026-04-29T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: tollelege

“Prayer is for the helpless.

My helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to
the tender heart of God.

Prayer consists in telling God day by day in what ways we feel that we are helpless.”

–Ole Hallesby, _[**Prayer**](https://amzn.to/2Is2yqD)_, trans. C.J. Carlsen (London:
InterVarsity Fellowship, 1948), 15-16.

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