"Prayer doesn't work for me," said a friend last week, "and, I've given up praying." Sound familiar? A great many people stop praying because they think it doesn't work. Perhaps they have the wrong idea about praying.
Prayer is not God doing things for us, it is God helping us to do things for ourselves. Prayer does not change circumstances which face us, but prayer does enable us to confront those circumstances with new strength and courage. Prayer helps us to meet our difficulties in a new way.
God listens to our prayers at any time of day or night. Prayer should not be practiced only in times of crisis and emergency, but in our everyday life. "Help me to help others" is a good prayer to remember.
With blessings and in friendship,
Richard
Kitty sent in this quote from Theodore Roosevelt
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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