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I listened to the first of nine new recordings that have been made freely available of the Doctor\u2019s last visit to the USA<\/a>.\u00a0 He chose to begin by talking about prayer. It is striking how he describes prayer as a real challenge.\u00a0 We must learn how to wrestle in prayer.\u00a0 I am constantly being provoked by that challenge to fight in the private place.\u00a0 Rather than be discouraged by failure, lets press into God and meet him in the place of prayer.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"