In ???God, Faith, and the Practice of Prayer,??? chapter five, the author touches on a number of texts (Exod. 32:9-14; Deut 4:7; Prov. 15:8; Isa. 1:15; 59:1-2; 62:6-7; 65:1-2; Jer. 26:19; Rom. 8:26) to demonstrate that prayer truly matters to us and especially to God.