Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer …

Philip Yancey
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Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time. ✨ Philip Yancey (1995). The Jesus I Never Knew, p.296, Harper Collins
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Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time. ✨ Philip Yancey (1995). The Jesus I Never Knew, p.296, Harper Collins

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