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Help Please: The Christian’s Ceaseless Plea

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)If you walk into my home anytime my children are awake, one phrase will meet your ears without fail: Help please, Dad. (Unless you hear the parallel plea, Help please, Mom.)A book begs to be read. Help please, Dad. Juice cups loom empty — Help please, Dad. Tummies rumble after a long nap — Help please, Dad. Cold feet need socks — Help please, Dad. Jackets need to go on — Help please, Dad. Jackets need to come off — H