PRAYING WITH A FEATHER

PRAYING WITH A FEATHER Around the Year with Emmet Fox October 29 Years ago, many devoted preachers and Sunday School teachers were fond of telling people to "pray hard." Well-meaning as this advice was, it was mistaken. I often tell people to pray "soft," which, of course, means gently. I do this because I know that the more quietly and gently, we pray, the better results we get. In prayer, as in many other activities, effort defeats itself. More than once I have said to my congregation, "Pray with a feather-not with a pickax." Always pray gently, and especially if you have a good deal of fear, or if your difficulty seems to be a very important one. “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee” Psalm 86:5