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VOICES | Issue: "Broken beyond repair?" September 25, 2010

Without wavering

Clear away the obstacles to going to the Lord with confidence and boldness | Andrée Seu

Illustration by Krieg Barrie

I am interested in the psychology of prayer. By that I don't mean what the psychologists who want to deconstruct it mean. This will be an in-house discussion. What fascinates is that we Christians are capable of some pretty strange abstract thinking that doesn't comport well with Jesus' urging to be "like children." The Lord says when we come to Him we should come "without wavering" (Hebrews 4:16; 10:23; Psalm 26:1).

What would "without wavering" look like? I know full well what "wavering" looks like:

Maybe God is ticked off with me.

Maybe God won't answer because of what I did last night.

Maybe I'm not forgiven.

Maybe the request I am making is the kind of thing God doesn't do anymore.

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