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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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Prayer That Is Personal

When we pray for ourselves, our petitions usually center around what we think we need or what we are sure so-and-so needs. God sees needs in our lives ...


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Lord, Teach Us

God's promises are altogether too large to be mastered by desultory praying. When we examine ourselves, all too often we discover that our praying ...


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God Is Neither Psychic nor Policeman

Looking to God for ad hoc psychic direction in each situation is only a short step away from looking to Him for written rules and regulations for each ...


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Shutting the Door to the Past

The most vivid experience of that anguished prayer and its answer that I can recall came in the life of a young couple. ... They were a bright young couple, ...


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