The following is from an article in Canadian Christianity by Rob Des Cotes about prayer: The shaping power of prayer Rob Des Cotes “...there is a particular 'shape' that prayer requires from us in order to travel through it. There are laws of spirit - dynamics that we must conform to if we want to enter the atmosphere of prayer. Jesus once used the metaphor of passing through the eye of a needle for those who would seek to enter the kingdom of heaven. Not every shape is capable of passing through such a particular opening. But those who, through the grace of the Holy Spirit, continue to seek passage towards God will gradually find themselves conformed to the shape of Christ with a humility and righteousness that this particular 'gate' requires. Our regular practice of prayer is the most direct sculptor of our spiritual...
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