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         You ask if quick prayers work, and whether collective prayers count. What counts is what is from your heart and how much you believe. I know what you believe by how you live.
         Heartfelt prayers are what count! If you pray a general prayer with all your heart, knowing that time will not permit more, or because you don't know all the specifics or have all the people's names--like when praying for the PG mommies and the teens--yet you believe in your heart, you tune in, you pray in full faith, believing I can touch and keep each one, then I do! But if you pray the prayer with vain repetition while your heart and mind wander off to other cares, then the answer reflects the same.
         Full-of-faith prayers get results! Whatsoever you ask in faith, believing, you will receive! Collective prayers, like quick prayers, have their time and place. They keep the fires burning. But strike a balance. Have I not said that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much? Pray collective prayers, for they often serve as reminders of your dependence on Me. But also spread out the requests--assign prayers, divide the list up sometimes if necessary.
         Pioneer prayer! Seek Me for ways to keep your prayer life alive, fresh, vibrant, growing and maturing. But whatever you do, pray!



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