
10 Prayers You Can’t Live Without
Executive editor Rick Hamlin discusses his book 10 Prayers You Can’t Live Without.
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Executive editor Rick Hamlin discusses his book 10 Prayers You Can’t Live Without.

I am convinced that prayer is a part of the work that we must do while we are on Earth.

I choose to move in the direction of the spirit. I pray for the commitment to continue walking forward, never looking back.

There is more genuine suffering for the Creator of the universe to worry about than my miserable malaise. Why nag God about a nagging cold?

It’s always good to start the new year with a prayer point, one that points God in the direction of our need. Here is mine.

This medieval prayer reminds me what makes a good physician, no matter how learned they are: humility.

A mother and her son receive an amusing answer when they pray during a winter hike.

Prayer is not new, but it does have the ability to help me see with new eyes.

I have learned that I can give something that money can’t buy: Praying for others is a gift.

We will pray for Newtown to be filled with God’s love. We will pray for his light to shine in the darkness.

In our sense of helplessness, we pray through a tragedy like this. Prayer is our first response, the only adequate response.

Time and again in the wake of tragedies such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary, we see that only faith and prayer can lead to forgiveness and healing.
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