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\"\"<\/p>\n

A (short) prayer<\/h3>\n

Lord God, keep us from mumbling on and on in our prayers when all we ought to say is, “Thank you, Lord.” Amen<\/p>\n

from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 95<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nIn the school of prayer with Angela Ashwin<\/a>
\nTo keep our hearts in tune<\/a>
\nSola gratia \u2013 Deo gratias<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A (short) prayer Lord God, keep us from mumbling on and on in our prayers when all we ought to say is, “Thank you, Lord.” Amen from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro, p. 95 From the blog In the school of prayer with Angela Ashwin … Continue reading “Say thank you”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[276],"class_list":["post-16893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-thanks"],"yoast_head":"\nSay thank you - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lord God, keep us from mumbling on and on in our prayers when all we ought to say is, "Thank you, Lord." 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