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Asking with the heart
But haven’t we all had the experience of asking God for something and not receiving it? Over and over again the Bible counsels us to communicate with God not just with words, but with our whole heart. Asking, it turns out, has very little to do with words, or requests that we may present to God. It has everything to do with our lives—what we grow in our hearts.
An interesting experiment is to ask ourselves, “If the only way I could communicate my desires to God was with my life—no words—what would my life be asking for right now?” This is real asking. Put another way, the language God hears is not so much our words, as our lives. Our days, weeks, and months are the sentences we are speaking to God. What are they asking for? Are we asking God, divine Love, for things that She is likely to think are best for us?
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April 30, 2012 issue
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Letters
Vicki Knickerbocker, Diane Ward, Karen Rippberger, Louise Worsham
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'Written in heaven'
Jeff Ward-Bailey, Staff Editor
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Superstition and witchcraft–null and void
Lyle Young
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Thoughts aligned with God–not the stars
Michelle Nanouche
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Let divine Love lead you
Evan Bryant
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My prayer for the rhinos
Yvonne Prinsloo
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Asking with the heart
Alex Cook
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'Begone, dull care!'
Andrew Wilson
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'There is no spot where God is not.'
Judith Hardy Olson
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'Spiritual armor' at summer camp
Brittany Duke
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Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor: What's the hurry?
Katherine Stephen
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Stay in Church
Evan Mehlenbacher
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Insight while flying over Iraq
John Kohler
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Silence the serpent
Kathleen Collins
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Of cats and Christianity
Andrea Moon
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Honor everyone
Sentinel staff
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Women in military ministry
Sentinel staff
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Love heals
Ute Keller
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Leg pain quickly healed
Paul Muriuki Ngugi
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Healing of a urinary problem
Nicolas Mupepe Lata
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Breaking the cycle of bullies and victims
The Editors