Why Study Prayer

Most people pray on some level. Even people who say that they do not believe in God or any other god will use the word prayer when they are hoping for something to go their way. They say things like “I pray that I’ll get the job”. Pray to whom is the question that I ask? We pray because we believe that there is someone, somewhere listening who has the ability to answer us.

The sad thing about prayer is that so many people are praying to God believing that He hears but not believing that He answers all the time. Their faith is in hoping that God will give them what they ask. When they don’t get what they asked, they assume that it was not God’s will or that they are not worthy to receive what they asked for.

Fruitless prayers continue to come forth causing more and more not to trust God. It is these so-called unanswered prayers that have caused many to turn away from God. They use their unanswered requests to declare that there is no God. But God is not guilty of prayers not being answered. He always hears our cries and He is always ready and willing to answer our prayers.

Then what keeps our prayers from being answered? Our requests of God are not answered because we are ignorant of what He requires of us in prayer. Prayer is much more than crying out when you need something. If you know what God says about prayer, you will never again pray wondering if you will receive an answer. God in His word tells us to pray. Why would He tell us to pray if He is not going to answer us? Why would He tell us to pray and not tell us how to do it? We can be sure that whatever God requires of us, He also equips us to do it.

“Prayer, the Language of the Kingdom” , is a study of what the Bible says about prayer. From it you will find out what God requires of us in prayer. Your prayers can be like arrows that hit the bull’s eye of the target every time.