“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” — Søren Kierkegaard
And one should wish for no prayer, except precisely the prayer that God gives us—probably very distracted and unsatisfactory in every way.”
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
To understand that the work of prayer involves a learning process saves us from arrogantly dismissing it as false or unreal.