{"id":341,"date":"2015-11-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=341"},"modified":"2015-10-28T22:14:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T03:14:27","slug":"taking-a-knee-in-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/11\/taking-a-knee-in-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Knee in Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at this old<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-316 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/09\/IMG_0120-e1445998961111-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0120\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> church kneeler, I wonder about how many people have spent time on their knees in prayer on this? How many prayers were offered up for healing? How many prayers were offered up for peace?<\/p>\n<p>What do you pray for? What brings you to your knees in prayer? Is it stress? Is it thankfulness? You might be someone who can&#8217;t kneel down, but you can always bow your head.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how many of the same prayers were said for the same thing? I believe there is power and numbers and have seen the power of prayer answer impossible experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Next time you go to kneel down in a church, think about the prayers that have been raised in that same spot and join your prayers all together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at this old church kneeler, I wonder about how many people have spent time on their knees in prayer on this? How many prayers were offered up for healing? How many prayers were offered up for peace? What do you pray for? What brings you to your knees in prayer? Is it stress? 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