He's Only A Prayer Away: 9 Examples of Praying Until Your Breakthrough by Rev. Burton Barr Jr. He's Only a Prayer Away will help you realize the importance of having a relationship with God. When you are ready for God, He is ready for you. It doesn't matter if you are in the White House, the church house or the crack house; He's Only a Prayer Away. "It doesn't matter what you have done or what you have become, God still loves you. You can be sitting on top of the world or sitting in a prison cell, God still loves you. He not only loves you, He really cares about you."