Abraham Heschel, in his book, "Man's Quest For God", writes: "We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub, but the spoke of the revolving wheel. In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender. God is the center toward which all forces tend. He is the source, and we are the flowing of His force, the ebb and flow of His tides" (p. 7).

When we pray we acknowledge God as the source of our life; that we were not designed nor are we capable of living apart from the power of God. To keep G...