AN ILL-CONCEIVED notion of prayer leaves us motionless to engage in life’s greatest vocation; it robs us of the unsearchable riches in Christ; it deters us from encountering the unsurpassable realities of our union with God; it blinds us to the inexpressible glories of fellowship with God; it deprives us of heaven’s foretastes; it excludes us from an intimate knowledge of God’s purposes in this world and renders us powerless to touch this generation of souls with eternity.

– M.A. Williams