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Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

by Philip Yancey (Goodreads Author)

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Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat--the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect--of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? Does it change God’s mind or ours--or both? This book is an invitation to communicate with God the Father who invites us into an eternal partnership through prayer.

In his most powerful book since What’s S...more

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Published September 19th 2006 by Zondervan Publishing Company (first published September 12th 2006)

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Feb 07, 2008 Inder rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: philosophyspirituality, selfhelp, read-2008

I've been running around with a book called "Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?" in my purse for six months. When people would ask what I was reading and carrying around, I'd shuffle my feet and change the subject, too embarrassed to pull it out and share.

But I'm going public with this, because it's a good book! I apologize if the fact that I sometimes read contemporary spiritual self-help books messes with my friends' much-too-high opinions of me.

Ahem.

Yancey writes so beautifully about the...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Yancey is one of my favorite Christian authors. As a journalist, he writes to explore questions borne out of his own personal faith. He is unafraid to ask difficult questions and willing to admit that he does not always have the answers. His style draws the reader in and encourages them to journey with him, rather than trying to persuade them to a particular point of view.

I think this style works particularly well when tackling an issue as sensitive as prayer. Prayer is a fundamental part of the...more

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May 07, 2008 Marie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Finally I finished this one! I liked it but it was not an easy read. Once again Yancey is completely thorough; this time though I think he was too thorough. I dog-eared a bunch of pages to quote but now all I think I really need to say is that I learned a lot about prayer, that it is a conversation with God. Yancey writes, "I learn I cannot "fix" the people I am praying for. I cannot get everything I want in the time frame I want. I must slow down and wait."
Also I liked that once again Yancey us...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Leeston Church added it

In his most powerful book since What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat---the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect---of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? How does it work? And more importantly, does it work? In theory, prayer is the essential human act, a priceless point of contact between us and the God of the universe. In practice, prayer is often frustrating, confusing, and fraught wi...more

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Jul 23, 2011 David Sarkies rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This is the second Phillip Yancey book that I have read and I must admit that I found his style to be very confronting. Yancey doesn't pull any punches and he tells it like it is. In fact, he really seems to have his finger on the pulse of the human condition. In this book he tackles the subject of prayer, and it is not an easy subject to tackle, but he does it very well, and while not fully answering all the questions we may have, I must admit that I have come to understand the topic much bette...more

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May 07, 2012 Michael rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is like a mirror. Yancey reflects our faith about the GOD and belief related to prayers to us, and let us compare it to others' by using different life stories in the world. He conveys the varieties of prayers, and, ultimately, diversities of humanity. And, most of all, he tries to reveal the generous GOD who listens to our crying out and even unbearable small sigh. Like a puzzle, I found myself bringing each piece together to connect one another to see a big picture, the LORD.
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Mar 29, 2010 John rated it 3 of 5 stars

My favorite chapter was Chapter 14: "Tongue-tied." This chapter talks, in part, about distractions that come up while praying, and it was a great reassurance to me to know that great prayer warriors have dealt with distractions just like I do.
Teresa of Avila admitted to shaking the sand in her hourglass to make her hour of prayer go faster.
Martin Luther wrote of his own experiences, and added: "Resolve to pray earnestly, and no doubt you will see how large an assortment of your own thoughts will...more My favorite chapter was Chapter 14: "Tongue-tied." This chapter talks, in part, about distractions that come up while praying, and it was a great reassurance to me to know that great prayer warriors have dealt with distractions just like I do.
Teresa of Avila admitted to shaking the sand in her hourglass to make her hour of prayer go faster.
Martin Luther wrote of his own experiences, and added: "Resolve to pray earnestly, and no doubt you will see how large an assortment of your own thoughts will rush in on you and distract you ..."
And John Donne: "I neglect God and his Angels for the noise of a Flie, the rattling of a Coach, for the whining of a doore."
And Philip Yancey shares good, practical advice on this subject from British theologian Herbert McCabe:
"People often complain of 'distractions' during prayer. Their mind goes wandering off on to other things. This is nearly always due to praying for something you do not really much want; you just think it would be proper and respectable and 'religious' to want it. ... Distractions are nearly always your real wants breaking in on your prayer for edifying but bogus wants. If you are distracted, trace your distraction back to the real desires it comes from and pray about these. When you are praying for what you really want you will not be distracted. People on sinking ships do not talk about distractions during their prayer."
I also liked this, from Chapter 9, "What Difference Does It Make?":
"I know a couple in New Jersey who saw signs on their street and announcements in the paper notifying the neighborhood that a registered sex offender had just been released from prison and had moved into the area. The couple started praying for the man pictured on the posters, and occasionally they would see him on the street. Neighbors made a wide berth around the home he was living in, sometimes wrote graffiti on it, and warned their children against the occupant. After praying, this couple visited him and then opened their home to a weekly breakfast for ex-offenders like him. For twenty-one years they have been hosting that breakfast."
Wow.
I also like this thought, from Chapter 21, "Prayer and Others": "What effect might it have if every Christian church adopted the name of one Al-Qaeda member and prayed faithfully for that person?"
Yes, I thought, and what effect might it have if, instead of writing an angry e-mail to my congressman when I dislike something he has done, I pray for him? No, I'm not comparing my congressman to an al-Qaeda member, but the principal is the same.
Yancey intersperses his text with stories from various people about their prayer experiences. This interrupts the flow of the text, and after the first two or three I stopped reading them. Perhaps I'll go back and read them later; I don't have to return the book to the library for a couple of weeks.
In a like manner, most of his footnotes were more distracting than helpful. Most of them could have been incorporated into the text or left out altogether.
Lots of good stuff in this book, although it did seem to me to keep covering the same ground in slightly different ways.
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Apr 03, 2013 Jennifer Zartman rated it 4 of 5 stars

I like to read Philip Yancey's books because he tackles hard questions and, as far as I can tell, comes to the aching void with an open heart and mind, seeking God's answers. Through prayer we approach the throne of the almighty God, so we should expect to have questions and to sometimes find the answers shrouded in mystery. Yancey doesn't claim complete enlightenment; he encourages us, as a fellow seeker, in the journey to find the answers ourselves. After reading it I took heart to pray boldly...more

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Jun 24, 2007 Greg rated it 3 of 5 stars

Sometimes depressing - left me with a feeling hopelessness about prayer midway through the book before pulling it out of the tailspin. Provocative, deep, sometimes depressing and sometimes hopeful, a compelling writing style never left me bored.

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Apr 04, 2011 Keith rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: religion, non-fiction

Prayer is a very typically Yancey book, honest and introspective. Yancey doesn't shy away from the hard questions about prayer or try to gloss over them with trite answers. He holds his mantle of champion of the doubting high here, and does not disappoint in his thoughtful and compassionate responses to those doubts. I love nearly all of his work and felt that this one was one of his best, along with What's So Amazing About Grace and Where is God When it Hurts.

The most important thing that I can...more

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Mar 02, 2012 Nathan Metz rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book was filled with great stories and descriptions that helped me understand prayer in a new and fresh way. My main complaint is toward the organization and directional pace of the book. At times it felt that Yancey was just writing whatever studied thought happened to come in to his head. I didn't sense a goal or target which he may be aiming at. For some time this lostness bothered me and became a distraction. Eventually it became a second narrative on the primary subject. Yancey put a qu...more

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Aug 31, 2007 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Well-researched, a mostly centrist writer who draws from different parts of Christianity. It wanders and repeats a wee bit, but is mostly well done.

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Mar 09, 2011 Leroy Seat rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is another excellent book by Yancey. I thought the last three chapters were maybe a little weak, but overall the book contained a lot of good theology as well as good illustrations.

Here is one of the many good statements I included in my journal:

In his eighteenth chapter, “Prayer and Physical Healing,” Yancey states clearly that “divine healing” is “extremely rare. They are miracles, not ordinaries. However we present divine healing, let us not stir up false hopes so that a suffering person...more

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Jun 17, 2007 Malbadeen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: religionish

After reading this book I had more questions - I loved it!

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Jul 16, 2012 Jane Glen rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Yes, I am finally finished this book. It is not something to gulp, but to chew on little bits at a time. I have underlined much and it will continue to be a go-to book for me. What I love about Yancey's writings is that he does not pretend to have all the answers. In fact, he candidly admits to many of thee questions and doubts we have, as well as sharing thoughts from letters he has received and from some of the great heroes of the Christian faith. They,too, have their struggles and questions....more

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May 02, 2012 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

As the spring offering for my bible study group, Yancey's book was met with less enthusiasm than expected. A lot of us -- faith-filled women who have been enduring unusual hardships involving major, life-threatening health issues experienced by close family members (e.g., cancer, Alzheimer's, spinal surgery followed by life-threatening blood clots in the lungs, paralysis after a fall, and two deaths) -- really struggled with it. Had we not been so invested in one another's lives, it would have b...more As the spring offering for my bible study group, Yancey's book was met with less enthusiasm than expected. A lot of us -- faith-filled women who have been enduring unusual hardships involving major, life-threatening health issues experienced by close family members (e.g., cancer, Alzheimer's, spinal surgery followed by life-threatening blood clots in the lungs, paralysis after a fall, and two deaths) -- really struggled with it. Had we not been so invested in one another's lives, it would have been easy to walk away from this book. It raises more questions than it answers, which further tests one's faith. It makes those of us who are comfortable (stoic?) accepting God's omnipotence/omniscience/omnipresence, uncomfortable. I can honestly say that I felt reading much of this book was counterproductive rather than comforting.

Oh, it has its good parts, incidents of endurance and persistence and faithfulness that are uplifting. It reminds us that prayer is a great stress-reliever and that a "person who is at peace, surrounded by loving support, will quite literally heal better, drawing on the resources of body, mind and spirit." (p. 254) And suggests that "(u)ltimately prayer proves its power by producing changes in us the pray-ers." (p. 290). But I don't know that these are earth-shaking revelations to any maturing Christian.

Personally, I found that Parts 4 (Prayer Dilemmas) and 5 (The Practice of Prayer) were the most salient chapters of the book. But I would be reluctant to recommend it anyone of my current acquaintance, simply because I don't think it's as helpful as others, such as Brennan Manning's "Abba's Child" or "A Passionate Life," by Mike Breen & Walt Kallestad.

If you're struggling with the whys and wheretofores of prayer -- if you're angry or struggling with God -- then Yancey's "Prayer" may be a good place to start. But if you're reconciled to the fact that bad things happen to good people -- and good things happen to bad people, too -- then you might not want to invest the time in this one.(less)

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Nov 16, 2011 Kelli rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: devotionals-theology

Prayer is hugely important. Its something that is often forgotten, and is only practiced when something bad is happening. But its a constant convo with the God who makes everything, and He wants to hear from us!! Thats the best news.
I feel like the book has the right idea. It has all the information but no passion about it. The things I have learned about prayer because I have prayed, are huge. I didn't need to read this to 'get' how cool prayer is. I just needed to start praying. The learning i...more

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Jan 12, 2013 John Martindale rated it 3 of 5 stars

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"Prayer" seemed to drag more often the not, there was some good content scattered throughout, but it was hard to finish. I did appreciated his chapters on "Prayer Dilemmas." Yancey accurately (but far to briefly) encapsulated my frustrations and questions surrounding prayer, something no other book on prayer is going to even attempt. But like I said, this was to brief and his positive reflections on how to deal with these dilemmas, didn't strike me as insightful. His book "Disappointment with Go...more

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Jan 03, 2011 mirela Darau rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: i-have-it-in-english, devotionals-christian-literature

Quite dense and, as he calls it in the end, research-heavy!:) But worth the try and digestion! It comprises several intellectual approaches on prayer, pertinent questions and a willingness to understand and know, just to end up every time admitting that we know partly and that to understand God (if there is such a thing), another kind of perception is needed, and there is always a dose of mistery that must live with.

I loved it, loved the different points of view in it, the story - oasis, the str...more Quite dense and, as he calls it in the end, research-heavy!:) But worth the try and digestion! It comprises several intellectual approaches on prayer, pertinent questions and a willingness to understand and know, just to end up every time admitting that we know partly and that to understand God (if there is such a thing), another kind of perception is needed, and there is always a dose of mistery that must live with.

I loved it, loved the different points of view in it, the story - oasis, the struggle i could sense between the lines. And the more i read the more i realized it's one of those books i must read again sometime, cause there's much more left to it.

There were many bits and pieces that struck me and left me thinking and marvelling. Among them:
We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfilment. Th. Merton

The Bible draws a strong contrast between the freedom-crushing style of evil and the freedom-respecting style of good.

I have become convinced that the phrase "Your will be done" belongs at the end of my prayers, not at the beginning.[..] I cut thus short what God wants from me that I make known my requests, and in doing so I make known myself.

I too appreciate prayer mostly in the retrospective. The prayer itself feels like work.

'Why do anything?' God could have arranged things so that our bodies nourished themselves miraculously without food, knowledge entered our brain without studying, umbrellas magically appeared to protect us from rainstorms. God chose a different style of governing the world: a partnership that relies on human agancy and choice. God granted the human species the 'dignity of causality', to borrow a phrase from Pascal. Lewis' idea:)

Regular prayer helps me to protect inner space, to prevent the outer world from taking over.

I should not try to suppress my reaction to horrorand ooutrage at evil. Nor should I try to take justice in my own hands. Rather, I should deliver those feelings, stripped bare, to God. As the book of Job, Jeremiah and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what is appropriate to say in a prayer.

Apart from the requirement that we be authentic before God, there is no prescribed way to pray. Each of us presents a uniques mix of personality, outlook, training, gifts and weaknesses, as well as a unique history with church and with God.As Roberta Bondi says, 'if you are praying, you are already "doing it right"'.

I try to see the dry period as a time of waiting. After all, I gladly wait for loved ones when their planes are delayed, wait on hold for computer helpliness, wait in line for a concert I want to attend. Waiting need not kill me, it uses time in anticipation of something to come.

It is as though God knows there are questions underneath my questionsand those are the ones He answers. Lynn pg 197

I still feel inadequate - and that's why I pray. Dianne pg.199

I yearned for the kind of faith that Jesus remarked on with approval, the faith that readily believes in miracles. Alas, I never found it. I found instead a realistic faith that developed as a by-product of pending time with God -> and I'm also here now..:) good to know I'm not the only one!

Many books on prayer include a statement like this: 'God always answers prayer, but sometimes No is the answer'. I read that statement and then think of specific friends and relatives who received negative answer. Why? Were their prayer somehow deficient? pg.213

really enlightening for me: The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinetely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant and sometimes refuse them.[..] It is not unreasonable for a headmaster to say, 'Such and such things you may do according to the fixed rules of this school. But such and such other things are too dangerous to be left to general rules. If you want to do them you must come and make a request and talk over the whole matter with me in my study. And then -we'll see..' C.S.Lewis

If you want to see God smile, tell him your plans. old saying

pg. 236

Christianity is less a set of beliefs than a way of life, and a way of life that actually warns against absolute intellectual certainty. William Sloan Coffin pg. 238 -> indeed to me, at least, the only certainty I have is that God is, and that He is good and perfect, beautiful; actually everything he claims to. but the rest i figure out by daily living, while growing older..

I learn to pray by listening to them [the poor] and then by asking God to make me constantly available for whatever we can do to serve one another and Christ's reign. Bud pg. 261

He [Bloom] concentrated on living in the present, recognizing that the past is irremediably gone and the future is irrelevant because who knows whether it will happen or not. N o w , a fleeting instant, represents the intersection of eternity with time -> i need more of this perspective, cause i tend to live very little in the present and therefore am oblivious of many things lately.

In short, prayer allows me to see others as God sees them (and me): as uniquely flawed and uniquely gifted bearers of God's image.[..] Praying for those whom i lovegives me a glimpse of how God must feel. I cannot impose my own wishes; God, who probably could, chooses not to out of respect for human freedom. In many cases i can see behavior that needs to change for *their* sakes. [..] pg. 295

I try to be as specific as possible, praying[..] - again, not telling God anything new, but involving a third party in the relationship, a Person who cares more about each of them than I do. I ask that God will use my love and concern, my prayer, to help bring about the good that we both desire.

Prayer consists of Attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. Simone Weil(less)

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Apr 02, 2012 Lillie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, christian-nonfiction, lent-2012

Philip Yancey describes prayer "not as my way of establishing God's presence, rather as my way of responding to God's presence that is a fact whether or not I can detect it." He also says that "we learn to pray by praying" and recommends spending concentrated extended time in prayer.God already knows everything in our hearts; He wants us to share our hearts with Him to deepen our relationship with Him. To realize the importance of prayer, we only have to look at the example of Jesus himself, who...more

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Oct 25, 2010 Groups rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: intimacy-with-god, prayer, format-dvd-study-guide

Per Gina Robertson:
Great study of the purpose of prayer and how to pray. Conversational approach done with Colorado mountains as background. Great step-by-step going through Bible and questions on how to apply Scripture. DVD portion is short enough to allow group discussion (total of 15-20 minutes). Following the format is a little confusing.

Concerns:
Each session is broken down into 3 min DVD, group discussion questions, 10 min DVD, Bible Exploration questions & verses, 3 min DVD wrap up. Th...more

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Jan 26, 2013 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars

This ranks right up there with "Disappointment With God" as one of Yancey's best, most honest investigative reflections into some of the mysteries of Christian faith. However, about two-thirds of the way through it seemed to be getting a little redundant in its thematic treatment of prayer and the difficulties and disappointments of people who pray. Yancey understands and struggles with prayer, and certainly sympathizes with others who also struggle: he tells their stories in a set of short sket...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Ki rated it 5 of 5 stars

This one was definitely not gospel-lite. It covered the full range and gamut of the prayer experience, including the troubles and how people believe and pray in spite of/because of them.

It's mostly written in a very personal lyrical style--like some slightly sleepy professor talking about his view of prayer while sitting in front of a fire--but is broken up with poetry and stories from other people. The interruptions never detract, and often add to the whole experience.

It is an emotional read, a...more

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Aug 06, 2008 Mark Uncommon Valor rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Etty Hillesum, the young Jewish girl who kept a journal during her stay at Auschwitz, wrote of an "uninterrupted dialogue" with God. She had epiphanies even in that morally barren place. "Sometimes when I stand in some corner of the camp, my feet on Your earth, my eyes raised towards Your Heaven, tears sometimes run down my face, tears of deep emotion and gratitude." She knew the horror. "And I want to be there right in the thick of what people call horror and still be able to say:life is beauti...more

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Apr 30, 2008 Daniel rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Yancey fans, people needing a book to journey with them as they think about prayer

Shelves: spiritual-formation-and-discipleshi

Yancey always delivers a solid book, he writes from his heart, thoughtfully and has a way with words shifts the readers' perspective just enough to get new insight on a topic. His books Disappointment with God and The Jesus I Never Knew are both favorites of mine.

So why the lower rating? I believe that Yancey retreads much ground that has already been tread. Maybe it reflects my current thoughts on prayer, but I'm currently drawn to books that exhort and get me to ask a lot of God. A book that...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

After renewing this book 5 times, I finally finished it! My original purpose for getting the book was to help me persevere in prayer when I felt discouraged. It accomplished that goal within my first few sessions of reading, and I unfortunately set the book aside for a while.

The impending 5th (and final) library renewal deadline motivated me to plow through the last 125 pages, which were largely about unanswered prayer and physical healing.

This is a heavily researched book with no shortage of...more

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May 14, 2010 Barry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mr. Yancey asks the 'normal' questions about prayer, it effectiveness, its use, its purpose, and its place, and as he explores the answers uncovers some remarkably simple yet powerful truths about God and prayer. A picture gets painted of prayer as simply a conversation with a friend -- a conversation that has no boundaries or limits. Encouraging us to be totally honest with a God that already knows what we think and how we feel, Prayer demonstrates how efective and even therapeutic praying is.

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Jan 19, 2012 Deb rated it 4 of 5 stars

I spent all fall doing a study on prayer and then read this book by one of my favorite authors. His approach is so appealing in its honest grappling with serious questions of faith, and this book was no exception.

There was not much new ground covered here, although I'm sure I would've felt differently if I hadn't just done such an intense prayer study. Stories of prayer by all kinds of people sprinkled throughout the book helped to illustrate just how varied and multi-layered are our experience...more

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May 08, 2013 Jhunnelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

One thing I like and appreciate about this author is his humility and honesty, that's why I love reading his books. He shares his personal experiences as examples, it's encouraging to know that his struggles are also my struggles, he tackles questions that are hard to answer.

My heart was heavy at times and hopeful while reading this book, I felt like I watched a sad ending movie, maybe because I came to realize and accepted, not all my prayers can have a positive answer. It changed the way I pr...more

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Oct 04, 2012 Candy added it

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"Why pray? Evidently, God likes to be asked. God certainly does not need our wisdom or our knowledge, nor even the information contained in our prayers ("your Father knows what you need before you ask him"). But by inviting us into the partnership of creation, God also invites us into relationship. God is love, said the apostle John. God does not merely have love or feel love. God is love and cannot not love. As such, God yearns for relationship with the creatures made in his image."

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