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TexasProgresive

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1. There is power in prayer to be sure

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 01:51 PM

Apr 2015

We often pray for our desires but if we would learn from what Jesus taught we would hope to pray that the will of God be done on earth as in heaven. This means when we pray for healing or an alleviation of hardship that we resign ourselves that we really desire that God's will be done. Beyond that or maybe because of it prayer moves us closer to God, who is as near as can be.

Psalm 131:2 "Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me."

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Question for believers. [View all] hrmjustin Apr 2015 OP

There is power in prayer to be sure TexasProgresive Apr 2015 #1

When I pray I raise my hopes and fears unto God in the hope God will comfort me. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #2

Focuses my mind on the true, the good and the beautiful. Htom Sirveaux Apr 2015 #3