My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in theology, in thinking, impacted my life from the very beginning.
Philip YanceyGod formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.
Philip YanceySome who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the faith to believe that God listens.
Philip Yancey