Awaken The Dawn

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jó ^ÇîÉåíìêÉ få mê~óÉê I received a most unusual gift for Christmas in 1982. Janice, my third daughter, gave me what appeared to be an ordinary book. My children know how I like books, so the feel and the shape of the wrapped package made it a very predictable item. To my surprise, however, upon opening the book, I discovered the pages were all blank. “Hey, Dad,” Janice said, “you’re an author, so write your own book!” About that time, I was already quite serious about my personal prayer life. Early morning prayer for an hour each day in the living room was having an amazing effect on me. One morning, January 7, 1983, I felt prompted to go for the blank book and start writing some thoughts about prayer. For the next few weeks my early morning rendezvous with the Lord became a blessed time of learn- ing the secrets of prayer. With trembling hands I hastily wrote down the wonderful thoughts pouring into my mind as I prayed. An excitement in prayer which I had never known before gripped me. Then it dawned on me: my supposedly new secrets were actually concepts that appeared in the many prayer books on my shelf! The gold i