what a difference a prayer makes

Today, I was asked to pray for people I barely know, people I've known for a long time, friends, and I relatives. I pray every day for folks and they don't even know I'm paying for them. I recently found out that people were doing the same for me. I cried when I found that out. God hears our prayers and He listens to them. I've found that sometimes He gives us what we want but He always gives us what we need. I believe strongly in prayer for a couple of reasons. The first reason is it gives me time to talk with God and through allowing me to reason through His thinking I can see where mine is flawed. I know a little about God and what He wants for me. The second thing is that it gives me peace and comfort to know He's in control. I can't handle controlling this world. There are too many knuckleheads out there messing it up and I don't have time or the ability to clean it up. God is in surplus of both of those things. I think its funny when someone says they cant pray out loud, like they are going to offend a human being, but will pray silently...if their prayers are so offensive, I think I'd rather offend a person than God. I've never heard an audible sound of God but He places thoughts and solutions in my mind that are sometimes a 180 degree difference from my train of thought...and the solution is always perfect...so I trust it. I think today I'm going to pray for you...so you can see what a difference a prayer makes.