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Show DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE A. Bl DH JA3IKS I n E. For prayer to be answered, It must In- made Recording to the will of Goil 1 n 1 1 1 ni.-nle thu". UoJ ifl nut recognized is ii rral tJod. If I knew better than Uod what I ought to have. He and I hOlll0 change places. Mis throne h'- lunga to me. and my cloister to Him But prayer Is noj a scheme to mako God, change His mind, hut n recognition recogni-tion of the fart that HI thuuKlu Is fi.ivvles and Ills vv : v porfeu Prayer Is not overcoming Ood's rpluctnncc, I. ut laying hold of His willingness. How can lod anewer a prayer that contradict! His will H" cannot deny! Ilimself. Mow then can I pray ar-' i rdlng to His will? I can never hy sure of It unless I am living Ills llfr. This In the price one must pny. Why should one expect God to plarr Hla power at his disposal when there Is nol i:urantee that he will not use this! power age Inst Qbd? This Is the essence es-sence of faith 1 life surrendered to the will of God. Praying "In His name" Is not a phrase on the lips, but an Incarnation, "if e abide in ma, and my woida abide In you, ye shall aak what ye will ind It shall be done unto you." For prayar to be answered. It must be bold, It must, storm heaven with Confidence It must treat Almlghtv ns though Me had the resources of a real God. It Is not bravado, but courage, cour-age, that Is needed, and the kind of courage thut moves out on faith. True faith Is always a hit leekless. It plunges. Ii takes big riaks. It ven-l.ires ven-l.ires all on God Prayer Is hold when Il is backed up In real life. Let a man conduct his business as If God were going to answer his prnyer. For prayer to lie answered. It must he persevering. Nobody llkea long prayers. But when is a prayer long? 1 1 is long when It seems long. Any prtayer that seems lonir is long. Prayers Pray-ers seem long when they are mereh Siild. when they are a performance and not nn experience When prayer is a soul In action, time la losf sichi of |