Prayer is a two-way conversation between God and man.

  • We approach of God through prayer (Belief: The First Step in Salvation).
  • We have access to God and can boldly approach Him through our prayers (How Does Boldness Help Consistency?).
  • We talk to God through prayer, and He talks back through the Holy Spirit (What Is Prayer?).
  • We get to know God by spending time with Him and communicating with Him. We communicate with Him through prayer (What Is Prayer?)
  • We have to have faith that, as we ask in prayer, God will reward us (Belief: The First Step in Salvation).
  • We build that faith by spending time with God in prayer (What Is Prayer?)
  • To comprehend, we have to have knowledge. To have knowledge, we have to seek God – hear His Word, read it, study it, meditate on it, and memorize it. All through that, we need to be in prayer, asking God to provide the meaning (Design of the Temple).
  • Now, we can’t read that to mean God is going to give us everything we ask for. He is not going to give us something that will take our focus off of Him. He is not going to answer a prayer that is not in our best interests (Belief: The First Step in Salvation).
  • God definitely is not going to answer a prayer that will not expand His kingdom (Belief: The First Step in Salvation).
  • We get joy and refreshment through prayer (Asking for Prayers).
  • Support in the form of prayers from fellow disciples helps to give us peace (Asking for Prayers).
  • Duty, self-control, obedience, patience, perseverance — it is all about trying to please God. Because we love Him, we want to do what He wants us to do. We show that by spending time with Him in prayer and obeying His laws and commandments (Love and Obedience: The Last Two Steps in Salvation).
  • The Holy Spirit lives within us through prayer. That is logical. We are told “… the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans” (Rom. 8: 26 NIV). Where better place than from within us? (The Holy Spirit within Us).
  • Our prayers should be about praying to worship God. It is coming to Him as Sovereign God (Can God See Us If We Are Sinners?).
  • He may not answer our prayers in the ways we want, but “we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8: 28 CSB). We know His plans for us are for our good (Jer. 29: 11) (The Scriptures Last Forever).
  • Revelations are made through prayer, worship, work, conversing, and sacrament (How Do Disciples Mourn?).
  • A pious person knows that communication with God is essential (What Is Piety?).
  • It is through this fervent, frequent prayer that we grow. We do this when our prayers are focused on God, not on this world and our wants and needs (What Is Piety?).
  • Prayer and fasting are personal. Jesus told us that almsgiving should be, too (Disciples and Charitableness).
  • Love. Light. Sunshine. Isn’t that what we are supposed to want? Prayer and obedience give us that (God Teaches Us Obedience).
  • We need to spend time in prayer to build the relationship (What Is Prayer?).
  • We need to pray about God things, not world things (What Is Prayer?).
  • God wants us to pray to Him about everything, not just the big things (What Is Prayer?).
  • We go to God once; He is going to come to us multiple times (What Is Prayer?).
  • God wants us to pray for others more than ourselves (What Is Prayer?).
  • God wants us to continually be in an attitude of prayer (What Is Prayer?).
  • God does not want to share our prayer time with others and other things (What Is Prayer?).
  • We discipline ourselves by devoting ourselves to prayer. It means we are going to spend a significant chunk of time in prayer (Devoted to Prayer).
  • God isn’t focusing on the minutes – He is focusing on the attitude (Devoted to Prayer).
  • We can be devoted because we pray constantly. We remain in an attitude of prayer – even if we aren’t saying words. We are listening (Devoted to Prayer).
  • Prayer helps us gain stability in our walk (Watching While Praying).