Sunday School Lesson (Continued troaa Page t) tax collector had nothing in his favor except the one thing need ful namely a penitent heart; and he was Justified. The Christian's Prayer The tax collector gives us the right lead for prayer. The form of our prayer Is not the essential, but whether we have "the faith which lays hold on God and touches the heart of the Father who knew us long before we came to him." The balance wheel of a Chris tian's prayer is the Father's will. "Not as I will, but as thou wilt" (Matthew 26:39). John Baillie in his devotional classic put it this way: "In the last resort Christian prayer has alway lef it to God's own wisdom to decide what pre cisely He is to do about our need." The Christian's true stance in prayer is humility. Our prayers and our character are directly related. Infrequent and superficial prayers express a shallow character. Selfish pray ers reveal that we put ourselves at the center rather than God. We pray best when the Holy Spirit himself is guiding oiur prayers. 'He who has learned how to pray," says William Law, "has earned the greatest secret ol a holy and happy life." What D* T*> Tkiak? How do you reconcile earnest' prayer that is unanswered with the idea ot a loving Goq? What prayer habits ? such as prepara-! tion for prayer, time, place, method and types of prayers ? mean most to you? What are some ways in' which our prayers reveal self - centeredness? How can we learn to shift the center of our lives from ourselves to God? How does one help answer his own prayers? How could Christians make their prayers more Chrstlike? Eternal Father, go possess our hearts by Ay Holy Spirit that ?ur prayers may be prompted by the*. Teach as so to love all thy children that we will become faithful intercessors In their be half and thus become Instru ments for the advancement of thy Kingdom. Keep us In thy service by thy jrace and for thy irlory. Amen. ?STAFF PHOTOOHAPHII L. A. WtM tig Hfnbin Rm4 BR S-4OT3 Support your Red Cross To warm baby's bottle... to power an industrial plant... there'll always be plenty of electricity! Whether you're a mother or a plant manager, you can take power for granted. That's because Duke Power has some first class 'worriers* on the jobl They're concerned about keeping you well supplied with electric service no matter how much you use or how you use it. So they're always planning and working to stay well ahead of your power needs and desires. Our planners and workers, and those in more than 300 other investor- owned electric compa nies, have one goal: to keep electric service plentiful and low- priced -for mothers, and plant managers, and everybody elsel Duke Power 0 >