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Prayer as Continuing the Conversation

Prayer – Tim Keller

Keller describes prayer as “continuing a conversation that God has started through His Word and His gospel.” We do not begin the dialogue; God does. Prayer is response — answering the God who has already spoken to us in Christ.

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Helpful for sermons that reframe prayer away from formula or performance and toward relationship grounded in the gospel.

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