We would teach our children how to pray. As we do so, we will find that they take to it quite naturally, instinctively really. After all, prayer amounts to putting into words the deepest longings of the heart. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles …
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The efficacy of prayer
Can there be any prayer more beautiful than those we fervently pray, with all the power of our being, not for ourselves, but in behalf of those we love? Such prayers, poured out tearfully from the very depths of our souls, are profound in their simplicity and fervency, and surely pleasing unto the Father. But …
In our Home, Prayer Prevailed
Home. It was a place of refuge. My first words, upon coming home from school were always these: “Mom, are you here?” And always, yes always came the comforting rejoinder, “I’m here, son,” for in all the days of our growing up, dad insisted on mother being there for us. Dad presided over our home, …
On this day
Marvelous is the English language, and beautiful is that language which uplifts and edifies. Such language is found in sacred writ and through inspired poetry. On this beautiful day which the Lord has made, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help…(for) my help cometh from the Lord, which …