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Busyness Prevents Prayer

I can be active and pray; I can work and pray; but I cannot be busy and pray.


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Blessing the White House

President John Adams, before he joined his wife Abigail at their new official residence in Washington, D.C., sent her a prayer, which more than a hundred ...


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Part of God's Plan

I have a sign in the mirror of my room I see it every morning in my groggy condition, when I first wake up: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT GOING TODAY, GOD? I'D ...


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Counting His Sheep

I recently wrote to a close friend explaining that I had problems sleeping at night. When her next letter arrived, I learned that she has this problem ...


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Misguided Requests

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.


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Prayer Is the Real Work

It would seem almost self-evident that the organization attempting to be sensitive to its role as part of the kingdom of God should discover times when ...


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Luther: "How I Pray"

Dear Master Peter [Beskendorf, Luther's barber and lifelong friend]: I will tell you as best I can what l do personally when I pray. May our dear ...


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What Is Prayer?

Today the bedrock principle upon which any layperson's approach to prayer should be based is this: pray when you can, where you can, and how you can. ...


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"Help Me Help You"

I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help him. I ended up asking him to do his work through me.


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Distractions from Prayer

Any house wife knows that the best way to remember the things she meant to do and forgot is to start praying. They will come to her and divert her from ...


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