Everything that has to do with our relationship with God has to do with prayer. Yet it is so foreign to most Christians. A strong prayer life isn't going to just happen. It will take work... the work of a disciple. But the results of the right kind of work is guaranteed. You can be a part of God's life and work in this world if you want it.
Recently I had our prayer group read 1 Timothy 2:4: "(God) wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." I asked, "Is it God's will that everyone be saved?" Of course, based on God's Word we can know that it is.
Then I had them to read John 14:13: "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father." (NIV) Then I asked, "What would keep our friends and loved ones from being saved? The answer came: "If we do not pray."
What would keep you from experiencing all of the blessings of the Father? The lack of proper prayer. But we must remember, our motive must be right. Our motive must be to glorify the Father, not to get something from God. James 4:3 says, "When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." Even the best sounding prayers can be disqualified by a motive other than God's glory.
To seek God in the answer rather than seeking the answer in God is a step toward proper prayer. God is longing for a proper prayer relationship with you.
"'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'" (Jeremiah 33:3, NIV)
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