Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.
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Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
When we change the way that we pray, everything changes.
I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.
Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.
For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer is an opportunity to have a conversation with God to try to get in tune with what his will is.
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.
Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.
I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.
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