The chain of God

I noticed that our 12 year old received this chain letter just the other day:

DO THIS FOR ME
(I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it
for you) When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find
out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a
shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person
who sent you this.
Father, God bless all my friends in whatever it is that
You know they may be needing this day! And may their life be full of
your peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a closer
relationship with you. Amen.

Then send it on to five other people, including the one
who sent it to you. Within hours five people have prayed for you,
and you caused a multitude of people to pray for other people.
Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life

It's a tricky one isn't it? On one level you want to encourage prayer...but what is this all about. I think the biggest problem that I have with this sort of thing is that it seems to suggest a sort of spirituality which says nothing about personal change. Is it, indeed, seduced by the consumerist's view of just about everything...that if you have more then it must be better....On the other hand I quite like the idea of taking one of the world's stupidities-chain letters- and trying to sanctify it.
God knows what a mess we make of this sort of stuff...thanks goodness that he is probably not terribly worried just so long as we do it.