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Things to be Prayed

Prayer

The brother of a seminary student came to visit him one day. Unsure of directions he turned to the first person who passed by and asked “Is this Davidson Hall?” One hearing the man described later the seminary student asked his brother if he had realized that he had been talking to a world-famous theologian. The brother couldn’t believe it. He had the opportunity to ask any question—and he asked only where a building was.

Unfortunately that’s how many of us pray. We talk to God and ask for inane little thing that are really insignificant. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical Preaching》

Guidance Through Prayer

A woman asked G. Gampbell Morgan “Do you think we ought to pray about even the little things in life?”

Dr. Morgan in his typically understated British manner replied “Madam can you think of anything in your life that is big to God?” ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical Preaching》