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\n <\/p>\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

O Lord Jesus,
\nstretch forth your wounded hands in blessing over your people,
\nto heal and restore,
\nand to draw them to yourself and to one another in love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nPrayer from the Middle East<\/em><\/span>
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #468
\n <\/p>\n\n

 
\nFrom the blog<\/strong>
\nIn the school of prayer with Anselm<\/a>
\nLife that gives life<\/a>
\nGuest post: War and peace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  A prayer O Lord Jesus, stretch forth your wounded hands in blessing over your people, to heal and restore, and to draw them to yourself and to one another in love.   Prayer from the Middle East from The Book of a Thousand Prayers by Angela Ashwin, #468     From the blog In … Continue reading “Healing at a cost”<\/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":[13,3],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-8399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-prayer","tag-healing"],"yoast_head":"\nHealing at a cost - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Graphic inspired by Isaiah 53:5: at the cost of his bruises \/ injuries \/ lacerations \/ blows \/ beatings \/ stripes \/ wounds we are healed; 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