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    throne‚ admiting his rule and authority. The model prayer has three emphasis according to Myron S. Augsburger‚ (1) the honor that is given to God through our worship‚ (2) our dependence upon God makes us humble and (3) the hope that we have under the lordship of God ( Augsburger M. S. 1982‚ p.87). The prayer brings us back to a God-centered life instead of a self –centered life. It’s about honoring God‚ depending upon God and hoping in God. The prayer is made of 6 petitions and is stuctured in two parts:

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    but hostile to the Church of England. The fact that ................... are evident in his poetry‚ especially these two poems. Nature The Echoing Green (innocence) This poem depicts a conventional village in which a whole day’s cycle is portrayed. Within it youth and age all have their parts to play alongside the birds and other creatures of spring. Blake begins the poem with personification of the “skies”‚ and imagery of the birds which creates a natural idyllic setting. The welcoming of

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    In the short story “funny boy” Adrian and ___ are discriminated against for different reasons in their culture. Adrian‚ while being homosexual‚ and ___ for being black and taking care of Adrian. In this time period‚ it was still universially accepted and common for people to be against gays and blacks. In many instances‚ they are both discriminated against. In Adrian’s case‚ he was discriminated against for being gay and having AIDS‚which was generally associated with homosexuals. He lived in

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    Book Review: Kaffir Boy Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical work written by Mark Mathbane. It was the first South African autobiography to be written in English by a black native. Mathabne ’s aspiration for writing this book was to inform the world that apartheid had to end because it could not be reformed. Eventually‚ the book would achieve its goal of opening the eyes of many people worldwide about this subject matter. Kaffir Boy contains several main themes. The book accuses South Africa ’s

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    Hashtag Prayers The death tolls for gun violence is rising and the only thing standing between us and yet another violent mass killing is #thoughtsandprayers. From the 2017 Las Vegas shooting at a concert venue with fifty-eight people killed‚ to Sandy Hook with twenty seven children and teachers killed‚ including the gunman’s own mother‚ these mass shooting sprees seem to pop up indiscriminately. As this is being written‚ amendments had to be made last minute to include the latest loss of life coming

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    Does Huckleberry Have A Prayer? In Mark Twain ’s Huckleberry Finn‚ the concepts of prayer‚ religion‚ and spirituality are introduced early on in the novel‚ and their influence on Huck ’s character and their role in the overall story is evident regardless of the theory of criticism that is employed for interpretation. A New Critic scours the text for conflicts‚ symbols‚ and resolutions while examining word choice in an effort to determine the literal meaning (Bressler 45-48). A Reader-Response

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    Elisha Goodman’s Prayer Academy Program Resource Center The Prayer Academy Bonus 21 Day Marathon THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHTED AND IS FOR AUTHORIZED PRAYER ACADEMY MEMBERS ONLY! This document is Copyright © 2010 by Firesprings‚ Inc. All rights reserved. You may not share‚ copy or appropriate this material without explicit written permission. Firesprings‚ Inc. 2352 Timbercerst Avenue Windsor‚ ON N8P 1S2 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Bonus Lesson & Prayers “Day 8 to 14 Prayers” WARNING: Please

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    Our Casuarina Tree |   | Toru Dutt (1856–77) |   |   | LIKE a huge Python‚ winding round and round | |   The rugged trunk‚ indented deep with scars‚ | |   Up to its very summit near the stars‚ | | A creeper climbs‚ in whose embraces bound | |   No other tree could live. But gallantly |         5 | The giant wears the scarf‚ and flowers are hung | | In crimson clusters all the boughs among‚ | |   Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee; | | And oft at nights the

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    Triad 8: "Pray" This passage is about meaningful prayer in order to form a spiritual bond with God. Often times people would use prayer as a means of receiving praise. They would purposely go out in public to draw attention to themselves so others would think highly of them. However‚ Jesus spoke against this‚ encouraging everyone to go somewhere private to pray and use prayer as a means of meditation and to strengthen ones relationship with God‚ not their social status. The original people hearing

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    Analysis of A Prayer for my Daughter by W.B. Yeats‚ Stanzas 9-10 Stanza 9: Yeats states that if hatred is ridded off‚ “the soul recovers radical innocence.” Hatred causes sin and violence; hence to be rid of it is to be innocent of these crimes. Innocence is beautiful in women. “Innocence” is radical because it is rooted in the soul. “Considering that‚ all hatred driven hence‚ / The soul recovers radical innocence”. A radical is a term for a root. In another perspective‚ the “innocence” is “radical”

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