Prayer

Your Soul has never grown rich in itself;
it has always been dependent upon the daily provision of God.
Your wants were innumerable,
and therefore the supplies have been infinitely great,
and your prayers have been as varried
as the mercies have been countless.
For as your prayers have been many,
So also have God's answers been.
Remember this,
And let it fill your heart with gratitude to God,
who has graciously heard your poor, weak prayers.
CHS|Morning & Evening|2/6 a.m.

Be encouraged to cheerfully offer intercessory prayer,
by remembering that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears.
The prayer of Christ is of this character.
The more our prayer is like Christ's,
the sweeter it will be.
Remember, again,
that intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent [powerful].
What wonders it has accomplished!
Believer, you have a mighty engine in your hand;
use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith,
and you will surely be a blessing to others.
CHS|Morning & Evening|2/6 p.m.

I can infer that prayer is not simply something I am allowed to do as a Christian; prayer is actually one of the great purposes for which God chose to save me.
As a chosen one of God, I was saved to pray; and whenever I come into God's presence to behold Him, worship Him, or make request of Him, I am arriving at the pinnacle of God's saving purposes for me.
God is radically committed to my life of prayer.
He shed the blood of His Son so that I might be cleansed and rendered fit to stand before Him in love. He also permitted the brutal rending of His Son so that I might now have a way into the Holy Place through the torn flesh of Jesus.
Indeed, the gospel itself serves as the sweetest of invitations to pray; and preaching it to myself each day nurtures within me a mighty impulse to come "before [God] in love" and do the praying that I was elected to do.
M. Vincent|A Gospel Primer - Chosen for Prayer

To hear a great sermon on Prayer, you can go here to listen to a sermon my brother gave recently, titled (Lord, We Need Your Power and Your Presence - Jan. 4).