The Unity Church principle on "prayer" is closely related to the principle on "thought." The principle is: "There is power in affirmative prayer, which we believe increases
our connection to God." In this kind of prayer God works through me and as Eric Butterworth was fond of saying, "God can do no more for you than God can do through you." In other words, "God helps those who help themselves." Many persons pray expecting that external circumstances will change and , instead, it is my consciouness of external circumstances that changes. I develop the consciousness necessary to be or do what is called for.

Chuck