Most Americans believe in a God who answers prayers but some say those prayers won't work unless you pray regularly and believe "certain things."
Those were among the findings in a new USA TODAY/Gallup survey on prayer, timed to Thursday's National Day of Prayer. This year the NDP is a headliner due to a legal challenge and to lightening-rod-for-critics Rev. Franklin Graham, honorary chairman of the private evangelical National Day of Prayer Task Force.
For some it only works if it's a regular practice: 19% say "Prayer is effective only if a person prays regularly." Others say doesn't have to be regular (14%). But most (60.8%) say how often you pray "has no impact" on whether your prayers will be effective....
