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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

Humility to Ask for Prayer

If we desire to be perceived as competent and in control, we will not ask for prayer. If we know that humans, by nature, are spiritually needy, and God’s plan is that we turn both to him and to other people for help, we will ask for prayer.

Ed Welch
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