Prayer is - keeping company with God.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of keeping company with God.

The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.

We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God with the physical reality of life- by expecting constant good health for example- then I set myself up for crashing disappointment.