Christian have you noticed, rising up from deep inside you, an occasional longing for a real person of prayer to come into your life? Perhaps that longing comes as an intense interest in true prayer grows inside you. Or maybe you have appreciated the stories of great pray-ers like George Mueller, or "Praying" John Hyde, or E. M. Bounds. Maybe you have longed to relate with God in such a powerful way. Such desires come from the Holy Spirit. If you have had such longings, He has been talking to you.
God's great pray-ers are a unique group from todays average believer. These followers have learned the "work of waiting." They have learned to patiently seek the Father in heaven. They have learned to seek diligently through the scripture, waiting for it to release its truths that point the way. They have learned the discipline of carefully considering the presence of the Holy Spirit as they speak to the God of the throne.
Considering the number of professed believers today, very few have learned to pray in this "school of prayer." It isn't an easy school. It may be the most difficult endeavor you have ever undertaken. But a life without prayer is far more difficult.
Jesus promised, "And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." (John 14:13-14, NIV)
Jesus invites you to know Him in such a way. It is here that life finds it's true purpose. In a day when true pray-ers seem so few and far between, and our own prayers seem to never leave the room, where is our hope? Who will pray for us? Jesus invites you to take the journey. He says, "When you pray, pray like this..." (Matthew 6:9ff).
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