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This is part of an ongoing series during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. To engage further in the #QuarantineSoulCare<\/strong> series, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

Our English word prayer derives from the Latin precarious. We pray because life is precarious. We pray because life is marvelous. We pray because we find ourselves at a loss for many things, but not for the simplest words like \u201cplease,\u201d \u201cthank you,\u201d \u201cwow,\u201d and \u201chelp.\u201d I prayed when I held our babies for the first time. I prayed when work overwhelmed me, and I knew I couldn\u2019t cope. I prayed when my wife was wheeled away down the hospital corridor unconscious. I prayed the night I saw the northern lights.
\nCanadian psychologist David G. Benner describes prayer as \u201cthe soul\u2019s native language,\u201d observing that \u201cour natural posture is attentive openness to the divine.\u201d We see this posture in many great men and women not necessarily known for religious devotion. \u2026 From American presidents to Irish poets, from rock stars in London to single mothers in Wichita, prayer has been the argument \u201cthat cannot be proven,\u201d the \u201cgaping need\u201d of every human soul since the very dawn of time. \u2026
\nFrom primitive cave paintings to the whitewashed walls of the Royal Academy, the universal impulse to pray permeates and pulsates through human anthropology and archaeology, sociology and psychology. It is no exaggeration to say that to be human is to pray. \u2026
\nEven when you don\u2019t really want to pray, a place of prayer can often make it easier. Merely by showing up, you make a declaration of intent. You say, in effect, \u201cLord, I don\u2019t want to be here, but I\u2019m here!\u201d \u2026 After decades of night-and-day prayer, I have come to believe that 99 percent of it is just showing up: making the effort to become consciously present to the God who is constantly present to us.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won\u2019t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.
\n–Matthew 6:6, The Message<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nMay today you be with God as simply and honestly as you can manage, and from that place of prayer, sense God\u2019s grace. #quarantinesoulcare <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today’s reading was taken from\u00a0How to Pray<\/em><\/a> by Pete Greig<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

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