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HOW TO PRAY

How can prayer help anxiety?

Prayer helps us get perspective. It’s very interesting that Jesus says, “Give our daily forgive.” His advice is to imagine yourself as part of something larger. Because anxiety isolates, and you end up feeling so alone. There’s a whole world of us whose earrings don’t match and who haven’t eaten breakfast. My anxiety is not the biggest thing in the universe.

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