Prayer: U.s. News And The Internet Site Beliefnet ...

Prayer: U.S. News and the Internet site Beliefnet funded a poll to learn more about why, how, where and when people pray. Here is a summary of the findings:

· 75% percent were Christian.

· 64% say they pray more than once a day.

· 56% say they most often pray for family members, with 3.3% saying that they pray for strangers.

· A little over 38% say that the most important purpose of prayer is intimacy with God.

· 41% say that their prayers are answered often.

· 1.5% say that their prayers are never answered.

· Over 73 % say when their prayers are not answered, the most important reason is because they did not fit God’s plan.

· 5% say that they pray most often in a house of worship.

· 79% say that they pray most often at home.

· 67% say that in the past 6 months, their prayers have related to continually giving thanks to God. (PWB 12/24/04)

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