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PERSISTENT PRAYER ENDS PAIN
One evening, I bent down to look for a book on the lowest shelf of the bookcase in my office and found that I couldn't stand up again without a lot of pain in one knee. At first I was puzzled because I'd never experienced anything like this before. I sat down, and, try as I might, couldn't coax my leg into working properly.
At that point, I began to pray. I knew that God was present and powerful. I knew that the pain and lameness that appeared so real to my physical senses were not spiritually true since they weren't made by God. I also knew that since God is all good and never includes or expresses a single element of discord, ad His likeness, I couldn't experience anything that He didn't express. My body might appear not to be functioning normally, but I knew I could trust the feeling of an always present and loving Creator more than the evidence my body was presenting. I'd seen the effects of this trust in other situations in my life, some of them life-threatening.

June 9, 2008 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from ROSE DUKES, ALLAN L. BOSSEN, LUCIE LEHMANN-BARCLAY, CRISTINA MINOLA
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Just a matter of time?
STEVE GRAHAM, SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Ruth Gledhill, Craig Silverman, Brian Bethel
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GOD-CENTERED STILLNESS
BY SARA HOAGLAND HUNTER
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ALWAYS CONNECTED TO GOD
BY CASEY FEDDE
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
with contributions from Marisa, Joseph, Jan, Lori, Kerry, Ruth
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LISTEN UP!
BY WALTER RODGERS
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Prayerful solutions to the world's food shortage
BY ROSALIE E. DUNBAR, NEWS EDITOR
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THE ARTIST WITHIN
BY FENELLA BENNETTS
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GOD WAS RIGHT THERE
Reid
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TO LIFT UP THE BROKEN HEART
LYNNE SCHEIERN
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Sheila York
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SAVED BY GOD'S LIBERATING MESSAGES
CHRISTA KREUTZ
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SON TO DAD—THOSE THREE LITTLE WORDS
KWADJO BOAITEY
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RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM—FOR ALL
DAVE HOHLE
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USE OF HAND RESTORED
JANIS KITZIS
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PAIN HEALED BY GIVING UP A FALSE VIEW
MELANIE WAHLBERG
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PERSISTENT PRAYER ENDS PAIN
RYAN FINNIN DAY