Some more thoughts about blooming in hard places. Logan Pass, Glacier National Park Jesus prayed about our hard places. He knew that we would have plenty of them. He knew that life on this earth would not be easy for His followers. So when He was praying (interceeding) for us, you and me, just before giving himself to death, he prayed, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil." John 17:15 This prayer of Jesus reminds me of what we call "The Lord's Prayer", where Jesus gave us an example of how to pray. In that prayer he said, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." John 6:13. "Christians should exercise every ability which God has given them in an effort to answer this prayer. They are to ask God earnestly and frequently to keep them from the evil in the world. Christ has charged His followers to pray without ceasing. Never fail to i...