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A prayer for those you love by Mary Sutherland.

Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them.

Matthew 1913.

Praying for the people we love is one of the greatest gifts we can give them and letting

those people know we are praying for them is an important part of that gift.

Are you giving the gift of prayer to the people in your life? Do they know you're praying for them? We try to make prayer complicated, but it really isn't. Prayer is simply a conversation with God. Our helplessness is our most

powerful prayer. God does not listen for the eloquence of our words. He listens for the voice of our need.

Prayer isn't a religious exercise.

It isn't a holy vending machine and does not require us to jump through a certain number of

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