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Prayer can be dangerous

For those who believe in the practice and power of prayer there are many words that come to our mind when we think about prayer: encouraging, enlightening, helpful, meaningful, hopeful, calming or strengthening are some that would be common. Dangerous is probably not a word that comes to most of our minds when we think of prayer. But prayer can definitely be dangerous, for several reasons.

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Encouragement from a faith story

This week, I talked to Tim and here is his faith story:

Church and the presence of Christ played a small role in my life growing up. I only went to church occasionally with family. I knew so very little of religion and Christ that I was against it. I felt it didn’t play a true role in any real-life scenarios. I would roll my eyes when star athletes would first give thanks to God. I would stand outside the circle of my teammates prior to a baseball game while they kneeled together for prayer. In my mind, I was living life right, was nice to people, and a “good” person.

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