An End Run in Prayer
January 31, 2015
end run
noun
FOOTBALL
- 1.
an attempt by the ball carrier to run around the end of the defensive line.
verb
- 1.
NORTH AMERICAN
evade; circumvent.
End run. This is the extent of my football vocabulary. And here’s the thing—I’m limited as to how to use the phrase in terms of football but I know how to use it in terms of prayer. We may not think of the words, “end run” when we pray, yet frequently when it comes to prayer, many of us do end runs, or circumvent the pattern of prayer that Jesus taught in…