Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

The statement reframes prayer from a transactional act (“getting things from God”) into a formative discipline. To “align ourselves” suggests reorientation: prayer is where a person’s will, priorities, and imagination are adjusted to match God’s purposes. The emphasis falls less on changing external circumstances and more on changing the inner posture of the one praying—cultivating receptivity, obedience, and clarity about what is worth seeking. In Jones’s spirituality, this alignment also implies partnership: prayer becomes participation in what God is already doing, so the outcome is not merely comfort but a life directed toward love, justice, and faithful action.