prayers

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Another interesting factor: it matters not if ten or more people prays for you or if one person prays for you, as long as the prayers are authentically done with a compassionate heart.

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  1. noun A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship.
  2. noun The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship.
  3. noun An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in devotion, confession, praise, or thanksgiving: One evening a week, the family would join together in prayer.
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  • Not even the fact that you got down on your knees and swore to God that you would never lift a hand to me again Well your prayers were answered and no, you will not be touching me again I guess I just had to play God and make sure of that myself. —  DriverHeaven.net
  • Then we will see how abundantly our prayers are answered in ways quite unexpected. —  Catholic Matriarch in my Domestic Church aka Catholic Mom
  • The significant difference in the prayers is the petition that the Jews "may acknowledge Jesus Christ, the savior of all men." —  Commonweal Magazine
  • In this context, "holy warriors" linked to the TTP carried out a horrific suicide bombing inside a mosque packed with worshipers in the Khyber region on Friday, killing 50 people and wounding 158 others. reported that the two-storey structure collapsed onto the heads of worshipers after a suicide bomber "jumped into the Friday congregation and blew himself up just when the prayers were about to begin." —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • Then our prayers were answered and we drooled some more as an all new House of the Dead was announced exclusively to Wii. —  Cubed3.com News
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