“Authentic prayer changes us, unmasks us, strips us, indicates where growth is needed.”— Teresa of Avila. Related Quotes “This is the heart of prayer—not getting things from God, but getting God.”— David Mathis “For many of us prayer means nothing more than speaking with God. And since it usually seems to be a quite one-sided affair, prayer simply means talking to God. This idea is enough to create great frustrations. If I present a problem, I expect a solution; if I formulate a question, I expect an answer; if I ask for guidance, I expect a response. And when it seems, increasingly, that I am talking into the dark, it is not so strange that I soon begin to suspect that my dialogue with God is in fact a monologue. Then I may begin to ask myself: To whom am I really speaking, God or myself?”— Henri J.M. Nouwen “Prayer is not supposed to be all we do – it’s just supposed to undergird all we do. Prayer is not supposed to be just the first thing we do, but the first, second, fourth, seventh, and final thing we do in each circumstance.”— Leslie Ludy