Quotemeal: Nov. 11th, 2019

Monday, November 11, 2019

"Why do so many people have struggles when it comes to prayer? ... Men and women were originally created to desire communion with God. But the effects of sin have dulled most of that original human desire. Sin turned a natural activity into an unnatural function."
— Gordon McDonald

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Illustration of Gordon McDonald — "Why do so many people have struggles when it comes to prayer? ... Men and women were originally created to desire communion with God. But the effects of sin have dulled most of that original human desire. Sin turned a natural activity into an unnatural function."

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