Prayer, our conversation with God, needs no set formulas or flowery phrases.
Here we overhear the simple Prayer of the penniless Bushman, the words of some.
An African Prayer Book is just such an aid, for in this collection all the spiritual riches of the vast and varied continent of Africa are bravely set forth.
But for most believers, the words of others can be a wonderful aid to devotion, especially when these words come from faithful fellow pilgrims.
It often needs no words at all.
Prayer, our conversation with God, needs no set formulas or flowery phrases