“ …after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I prayed, the winds did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm…[And] I…did guide the ship, that we sailed again towards the promised land.”
Considering…In his experience it wasn’t simply liberation from imposed affliction that engendered calmness and the circumstances and power he needed to move forward. It was liberation from imposed affliction and prayer/connection/communication with the Lord that made that possible.
