living. Yet, when push comes to shove, they instinctively fall back to seeking out someone they know who has demonstrated the power and value of prayer and asking that person to pray for them or the situation they find themselves in. Such was the story of King Zedekiah when he sent two of his chosen men, Pashur and the priest Zephaniah, to the prophet Jeremiah to ask him if Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who was in the act of attacking Judah, would withdraw from them, and if the Lord would perform
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