Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to cons…

Philip Yancey
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Prayer may seem at first like disengagement, a reflective time to consider God's point of view. But that vantage presses us back to accomplish God's will, the work of the kingdom. We are God's fellow workers, and as such we turn to prayer to equip us for the partnership. ✨ Philip Yancey (2007). Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Six Sessions on Our Relationship With God, p.96, Zondervan
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