Book excerpt: This step-by-step guide introduces readers to a succession of new spiritual ideas, and leads them through a series of exercises designed to teach six principles of prayer. The practice is so simple that anyone with an open mind and a willingness to grow can learn to have a powerful and extremely effectual prayer life: - Prayer Is Talking to God. - Talk to God Like You'd Talk to Your Best Friend. - God Has Many Names and Forms. Choose the One You Like. - What You Believe Is What You Get From God. - God Only Has the Power You Give Him to Help You. - Meditation Is Listening to God.