Philip Yancey serves as editor-at-large for
Christianity Today magazine, has written twelve Gold
Medallion Award-winning books, and two Kip Jordon
ECPA Books of the Year, and lives with his wife in
Colorado.
Book Description
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.
From the Back Cover
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
with mystery. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
is an exploration of the mysterious intersection
where God and humans meet and relate. Writing as a
fellow pilgrim, Yancey explores such questions as:
•Is God listening?
•Why should God care about me?
•If God knows everything, what’s the point of
prayer?
•Why do answers to prayer seem so inconsistent and
capricious?
•Why does God seem sometimes close and sometimes far
away?
•How can I make prayer more satisfying?
“I have found that the most important purpose of
prayer may be to let ourselves be loved by God,”
says Yancey. Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
encourages us to pray to God the Father who sees
what lies ahead of us, knows what lies within us,
and who invites us into an eternal
partnership—through prayer.