New Testament lived in a different atmosphere. They had a unique sense of the presence of God. Heaven was not far from earth. Prayer is an attitude as well as a practice. It is impossible in a godless universe or to a Christless Christianity. As a French writer puts it, “The whole practice of the New Testament and the implications of the Old Testament are that the Christian life is a perpetual communion with God sustained by prayer as frequent as possible.” There is a world view in which prayer is
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