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Reflect: Pray with confidence

“…If he [God] prepares our heart to pray, he will surely incline his ear to hear.” [John Newton in Wise Counsel: John Newton's Letters to John Ryland Jr., p.45 - ed. Grant Gordon, The Banner of Truth Trust, 2009]

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Good pastors know they are inadequate for the task

I am reading Grant Gordon’s latest book, Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland Jr. [The Banner of Truth Trust, 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84871-053-5], and found this comment as relevant and important today as it surely was for Ryland when … Continue reading

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