And held them in my arms as they died, listening to their last prayers.

What if God did listen to her prayers?

How about if I listen to your prayers tonight?

Because I've suffered, and God didn't listen to my prayers.

It's just so hard sometimes, listening to their desperate prayers.

I'll never say God doesn't listen to your prayers.

Among this general group, a reasonably high proportion, 40 percent, claimed to believe in a "personal God" who would listen to their prayers.

I've just come from your younger son's bedside, where I listened to his prayers.

We believe in a personal God - a God who at least listens to our prayers.

Now listen to your own prayers, and I will be silent.