Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? Quotes
Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.
God 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.
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest.
Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present.