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President McKinley Was Guided by Prayer in Life and Death
Robert Morgan writes that as President William McKinley lay dying from an assassin's bullet in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, the Lord's Prayer was ...
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International Justice Mission's Prayer Priority
The Christian human rights group International Justice Mission (IJM) sets a powerful example of weaving habits of prayer into their daily practices. Every ...
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Prayer Is the Hospital for Souls
Some say that prayer, and "the spiritual life", or "the inner life", or the soul's private love affair with God, is an unaffordable luxury today, or an ...
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Horses Know How to Ask Humans for Help
Did you know that when horses have a problem they can't solve themselves, they're not above asking their human friends for help. That's the conclusion ...
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The Film 'Race': Block Out All The Noise
Race is the 2016 motion picture about African American athlete Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In one scene, the track ...
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Pennies Prompt Man to Live with Gratitude
Mr. Otha Anders, of Ruston, Louisiana, spent 45 years bending down and collecting something most of us ignore—pennies. In October of 2015, the 73-year-old ...
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Stats on Waiting—Where, Who, How Long?
One urban legend holds that we spend three years of our life waiting. It's a great stat, but likely untrue. But here are some real stats about waiting. ...
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When God Makes You Wait
In his book It Happens After Prayer, Pastor H. B. Charles Jr. provides the following helpful illustration of why God often makes us wait for the answer ...
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Prayer Is Like Demolition Mining
The 20th century Norwegian pastor [Ole] Hallesby likens prayer to mining as he knew it in Norway. Demolition to create mine shafts took two basic kinds ...
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Tim Keller on His Rediscovery of Prayer
In the second half of my adult life, I discovered prayer. I had to. In the fall of 1999, I taught a Bible study course on the Psalms. It became clear ...
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