If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I …

Philip Yancey
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If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge. ✨ Philip Yancey (2011). Prayer, p.18, Hachette UK
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