Prayer As Worship and Surrender – From the Desk

An AI-generated painting of an old man praying as a form of worship and surrender, rather than a selfish act, creating a feeling similar to that sparked by Terryl Givens' essay on prayer.

Prayer As Worship and Surrender

One challenge in this quest is that prayer can aggravate, rather than alleviate, the preoccupation with self.

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