Prayer is a livewire that connects the believer to his Creator through which he affects his generation leaving an indelible footprint for generations yet unborn. Those that activate their potentials for unprecedented accomplishment through prayer are never satisfied with one time achievement but regularly and fervently saturate their endeavours with prayer. E. M. Bounds said, “The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." Acknowledge your helplessness as you pray and you will experience a supernatural intervention. The very act of prayer implies that the person who is praying considers the power to which one is praying to as superior to oneself. By praying a person surrenders to the higher power and pleads for help.
One aspect of religion that many people cherish so much is prayer. Every serious person does pray but not many pray with desired results achieved. This is due to several reasons beginning with ignorance, pharisaical posture, sin, unbelief etc. Some who are familiar with the act of prayer are sometimes tempted to assume the longer your prayer the more effective. Jesus called attention to those who are in this category saying, “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” Matthew6:4.
Lack of knowledge kills prayer and endangers the life of the one who is praying. When you fail to understand basic truth about prayer, it will be difficult to pray according to the will of God. As a result, the prayer will be in futility. God says, “Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.” Isaiah 5: 13. We need to know what the Bible says about our situation in order to pray effectively. There is nothing that is happening to anyone or around us without an answer from the Bible. God has something to say concerning everything that goes on here on earth. In order to make great things happen we must soak ourselves in the pool of prayer. J. Hudson Taylor said, "The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!'" invest your time in prayer and harvest unprecedented result in whatever you lay hands upon.
One other thing that enhances ministry and cause the favour of God to fall on us is to avoid pharisaical posture in prayer. Be ready to own up before God while praying so that God will open His heaven over your life. Prayer goes beyond habit; it is a robust intimacy and interaction between God and man. We talk to God and He in turn talk back. He will not only talk back but act in accordance with His will. Stop acting based on your five senses and learn to move into spiritual communion with God and you will always enjoy your day long. No learning can make up for the failure to pray. “No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack" says Bound. You may get the best theological training, degrees from prestigious varsities, if you do not lack prayer culture, there will be meaningful accomplishment in your ways.
