“enormous prayers which heaven in vengeance grants.”20 We acknowledge that we are not God, that we do not know what is best for us, and we willingly place ourselves in his hands and leave it to his wisdom and goodness to grant us what is best for us. While Lewis describes his festoons in relation to the Lord’s Prayer, in principle one could festoon any biblical prayer. In fact, this is precisely how I often make use of Paul’s prayers in my own devotional life. For example, I use Philippians 1:9–11
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