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We're celebrating 100 Praying with Grace posts!

I began this blog for the Apostleship of Prayer in October 2013. Through it, I have encountered many gracious, thoughtful, and prayerful people. I take a month off from the blog each summer, but otherwise here we have been together, every Tuesday morning, for two years. I am grateful.

Thank you for praying with me.


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  1. Melanie Jean Juneau4:32 pm, October 27, 2015

    You have done well- congratulations and may God continue to bless your writing.

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    1. Unknown9:56 am, October 28, 2015

      Thank you, Melanie! You are a marvelous mentor.

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  2. Ann Murray4:46 pm, October 27, 2015

    May God bless you in all you do for Him.

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    1. Unknown9:56 am, October 28, 2015

      Amen. Thank you for that beautiful prayer, Ann, and for your own work!

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  3. Ann Murray4:46 pm, October 27, 2015

    May God bless you in all you do for Him.

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  4. Brian H. Gill8:58 pm, October 27, 2015

    Kudos. It's a milestone - an arbitrary one, ten groups of ten making a one and two zeroes in our base-10 numbering system - but a real milestone nonetheless.

    Seriously: getting that far takes determination and effort, at the very least.

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    1. Unknown9:59 am, October 28, 2015

      Ah, good old base-ten. Where would we be without it? I wonder which arbitrary milestone I'd choose in base-two? Thank you, Brian, for the laugh and the encouragement.

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