A person exercises witchcraft when he or she seeks to control.
John Bevere
There is no magic in faith and no magic in the name of Jesus. Reciting certain phrases or even certain special verses of Scripture has no miraculous effect in our life.
A. W. Tozer
Here more clearly than anywhere the purpose of prayer becomes plain: not to make God do my will (which is practicing magic), but to bring my will into line with his (which is what it means to practice true religion).