A paragraph regarding the power
of prayer that begins, "Prayer is the answer to every problem in life,"
is not from Ellen G. White, but appears to originate from a devotional reading found in
The Daily Word, June 18, 1952.
With slight variation, the quotation also appeared anonymously in the January 29, 1953, and October 7, 1965, issues
of the Review and Herald. The statement, as usually circulated, carries the incorrect reference of Review
and Herald, October 7, 1865.
For a statement on prayer from Ellen G. White, see Steps to Christ, p.
100: "Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears
before God. . . . There is no chapter in our experience too dark for Him to
read; there is no perplexity too difficult for Him to unravel. No calamity can
befall the least of His children, no anxiety harass the soul, no joy cheer,
no sincere prayer escape the lips, of which our heavenly Father is unobservant,
or in which He takes no immediate interest."