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A Praying Spirit: Pray It Aloud
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mpratt
Today, we think of it as speaking in our regular tone and volume, but did you know that an archaic meaning for the word “aloud” is “singing with joy?” For this post, I’d like to suspend our contemporary understanding of “aloud” and focus on the one meant ages and ages ago: When we pray this…
A Praying Spirit: Returning to a Prayer Answered
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mpratt
If you find that your prayer time has been overshadowed by concerns, wants, needs, and disappointments, you might need to go back. Back? Where? Back to when God answered your prayers, a prayer, your prayer. Why? Think back to Christmas. Many times, after all the presents are opened and days have passed, those same “gotta have” gifts lie…
A Praying Spirit: We Are (Aware of) the World
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mpratt
Many chronic illnesses impose restrictions on our ability to move about freely in the world “at large.” Whether because of mobility issues, sight or hearing problems, or, as in my case, immunosuppressive drugs and their effect on the propensity to get sick, sometimes we just have to “stay put.” But, that doesn’t mean we’re not…
Prayer When You Hit a Dead End
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mpratt
Oh, Lord, I’ve been told that there is nothing that can be done, that I’ve run out of options, that I’ve hit a dead end. But I know that you, Lord, are endless, timeless, all-knowing and all-loving. I know, too, that in every moment of life there is grace and light. Please, Lord, bring me…
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