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There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.
There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Joseph B. Wirthlin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1917 to 2008; Wikidata Q4355413, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355413 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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