Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else.

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Before Else Feel Foreign Foreign Land Go Land Like Long Many Most Move Move On Out Place Prayer Somewhere Therefore Too Tourists Uncomfortable

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