day someone suggested that since God already knew what troubled us, why not just praise and thank Him for who He is and for the answers that He would provide? That shifted our focus from the problems to the Problem Solver. It enabled us to see God, not as a vendor of favors, but as One to be revered and lifted up, One who would share His heart with us. By the time Mark was a sophomore in high school our prayer group was routinely listening for what God wanted us to pray. We released personal burdens