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Cynic's Intercession

"Lord, I lay before you the prayer concerns voiced this morning ... even though most of 'em sound like whining to me."


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Souls Without Prayer Are Paralyzed

Souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralyzed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.


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The Simple Answer to Prayer

A well-known author and authority on prayer was giving a seminar. During the question-and-answer period, a man raised his hand and boldly asked, "Doctor, ...


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The Unwanted Answers

Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask.


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Prayers of the Spirit

One day our church copier broke down. I'm not mechanically minded, but I called the repair shop to see if they could tell me what the problem was ...


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Prayer: The Christian's Business

As it is the business of tailors to make clothes and of cobblers to mend shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray.


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A Day of Prayer

A day of prayer should answer two questions: "Who are you, Lord?" and "What shall I do?"


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Presenting the Real "I" in Prayer

The prayer preceding all prayers is "May it be the real I who speaks."


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Prayer: Giving as Well as Getting

Prayer is not simply to get things from God, but to make those things holy which already have been received from Him. It is not merely to get a blessing, ...


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God with Us

We cannot avoid the dangers and the reefs of which this life is full, without the real and constant help of God. Let us ask him for it without ceasing. ...


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