INTRODUCTION: How many of you have prayed today? We pray for all sorts of reasons. When we’ve done something wrong, we may unburden our conscience by confessing our sin to God. When we’re grateful for some blessing, we may offer up a prayer of thanksgiving. When we’re contemplating God’s work in creation, we may offer up a prayer of worship or adoration. But one reason that almost all of us pray is to ask God for something. Granted, we may often do this selfishly, or foolishly, or with all mann …..

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Introduction:A. The story is told of a very wealthy lawyer who vacationed for several weeks each year at his summer home in the backwoods of Maine. 1. Each summer, he would invite friends to come to visit him.2. One summer he invited a lawyer from Czechoslovakia to visit him. 3. They had a wonderful vacation, and spent a great deal of time exploring the woods and enjoying the natural setting.4. One morning, as the lawyer and his Czechoslovakian friend were walking through the woods, t …..

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