Why We Pray

The intent of WHY WE PRAY is to help us remember the
prayers we pray and when and how the answers that we are given arrive.  Remembering keeps us thanking and praising
God as we get to know Him better so that we can live a life abiding in Him and
full of gratitude and praise.

Prayer warrior Andrew Murray said:

*** “What is the reason that many thousands of
Christian workers in the world have not a greater influence?  Nothing, save this—the prayerlessness of
their service.  In the midst of all their
zeal in the study and conversation with the people, they lack that ceaseless
prayer which has attached to it the sure promise of the Spirit and the power
from on high.”  Daily
Thoughts on Holiness,” January 8 (an excerpt
from The Prayer Life) (Christian Literature
Crusade, Fort Washington, PA, 2011).

***
“’Lord, teach us to pray.’ Yes, to pray. 
This is what we need to be taught. 
Though in its beginnings prayer is so simple that the feeblest child can
pray, yet it is at the same time the highest and holiest work to which man can
rise.  It is fellowship with the unseen
and most Holy One.  The powers of the
eternal world have been placed at its disposal. 
It is the very essence of true religion, the channel of all blessings,
the secret of power and life.”  Daily Thoughts on Holiness,” February 11 (an excerpt from With Christ in the School of
Prayer) (Christian Literature Crusade, Fort Washington, PA,
2011).

*** “Remember to ask for people to speak of
definite objects for which to pray, things for which one can definitely and
trustfully expect an answer and concerning which one can know when an answer
comes.  Such announcements would greatly further unanimity and believing
expectation.”  Andrew Murray, The Believer’s New Life, Chapter 35,
“The Prayer Meeting,” (Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN 55438, 1965,
1984).