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Janet Clemens's avatar

Thank you, Patty, for sharing your journey with God, which is not unlike so many of us. We are His daughters and He is always listening. The examples you shared for helping our prayers will help our relationship with our Father to grow. Love you, Sister. I'm praying for you. 🥰🫂🙏

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Patty Asaad's avatar

Thanks, Janet. I'm amazed at how we all struggle with similar issues but can still feel unprepared when the challenges hit. I've been writing out some of my ugliest thoughts and how I work through them, hoping it will help someone else.

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Susan Borland's avatar

I love all of these ideas! The sticky notes appeals to me. Ben and I used to ask for a prayer request from every member of our congregation in OKC. We would pray through them daily for 40 days. I got to the point where I had them memorized. It was so fun in fellowship to ask people how to things were going and to tell them that I was praying daily for them. Love you!

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Patty Asaad's avatar

Simple ideas like that can help so much. That was from my friend, Kathleen Palmer, who writes Simple Sheology https://pkathleen2003.substack.com/. Thanks for commenting, Susan!

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Sherri's avatar

It's been a joy to watch you face this next hurdle with so much undeniable trust!

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Patty Asaad's avatar

Thanks, Sherri.

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Donna Phillips's avatar

Thank you for sharing these thoughts on prayer. What a great idea to ask others what works for them! Bible study comes much more naturally to me than prayer, but one thing that helps is praying with others. We have a group of parents in our church who pray together every Wednesday morning over zoom, just to pray for our kids, whether they be toddlers or adults. It’s increasing my faith and training me to pray in different ways.

I love your story about your son praying with you when he was little. My grandson will do that with me sometimes, just crawl into my lap and join me in prayer. It truly is wonderful to hear the prayers of a child. That’s the heart I want!

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Gardilia Rivas's avatar

Thank you for sharing this! This will change the hearts and lives of many.

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