Whenever I pray about a world problem, it helps me feel less abstract in my prayers if I can see how to purify my own heart on that particular issue, even in a small way. Christ Jesus encouraged his followers, “First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye” ( Matthew 7:5 ).
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