{"id":740,"date":"2023-04-16T15:39:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T03:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/?p=740"},"modified":"2023-04-16T17:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T05:08:43","slug":"a-prayer-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/2023\/04\/16\/a-prayer-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>I&#8217;ll let you in on a secret &#8211; I live a conflicted prayer life. I struggle to find a balance between enthusiasm and obligation. Knowing I should do it yet, after doing it for more than 60 years, feeling that I&#8217;m an inept beginner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I&#8217;ve settled into a sort of prayer awareness where I involve God in my thoughts throughout the day, but not as a formal prayer. 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