Does God Have an Unlisted Number? - D Paul Graunke - July 1975

D Paul Graunke

Christians are supposed to be people who are on good speaking terms with God. They have a direct phone line to heaven that always gets through. They make prayer the cornerstone of their lives. They may be identified by the callouses on their knees. So much for the ideal. In real life, that's not the way it is for most of us. Many nominal Christians never pray at all - unless it's on their deathbed. Many others who do pray consider it an exercise in futility. They find it a boring and laborious experience; they never seem to get through - to get answers. Why is prayer so little tried? Does God have an unlisted number that only a select few are privy to? Is He on a leave of absence? Why is it so rarely rewarding? There are any number of reasons. In this article we will focus on some of the most common causes of frustration - the failure to understand what prayer is and what it is not. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library