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When prayer doesn't change your daily behavior

I pray for patience with my teenage kids every morning and I still yell at them by noon, which makes me wonder if prayer is just wishful thinking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between spiritual intention and behavioral reality reveals the complex relationship between prayer and personal transformation.

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“Where Are You with Prayer — does it work? what the evidence shows?”

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