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Prayer is where the action is.

There is clearly a Christian New Testament tradition that warns against praying loudly in the front of the temple where everyone can see you.

Prayer doesn't work because someone out there is listening, it works because someone in here is listening. I've paid attention. I've pictured what I want to happen in my life. I've meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn't work for me about them.

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion.

As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer.

If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.