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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

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Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility.
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If we are to pray aright perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important but what God wants us to pray. The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer not the poverty of our heart.
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When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ then we pray correctly.
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Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions demanded by work become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men but only in the sight of God. He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work.
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The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.
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One's task is not to turn the world upside down but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.
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