Prayer is the lifeline that connects man with God’s eternal will; therefore, through careful examination we will encounter revelation in this book that confirms that prayer is the essential element of worship to God. Man’s communication with God comes through the vehicle set forth by God, called prayer. Through many years of study, the Spirit of God has revealed to me that man’s greatest struggle in life is a lack of desire for praying on a continuous basis. Scripture reveals that many of man’s greatest and most monumental breakthroughs came into existence when man lifted up petitions of prayer in faith to God. There is a great gap between man and God when man does not lift up petitions of prayer to his creator. When God created mankind, he was created to have a relationship with God. However, after the fall of man, communication with God became a struggle because the flesh does not desire fellowship with God. The war rages on between the flesh and the spirit of man. The Bible declares that “So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.” (Romans 8:8) [Amplified Bible]
Therefore, there is a mandate for man to communicate with his creator, because man was created to worship God on the earth. By definition, communication is the exchange of information between parties by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior. However, there is a greater communication than that of man to man; the greater communication is God to mankind. God has given man the correct way of accomplishing every challenge that man will encounter.
However, many are seeking other means to accomplish the challenges they are facing because they have failed to communicate with God in prayer concerning the matter.
God instituted prayer as a means of getting revelation to man concerning His divine direction for man’s life; nevertheless, from Biblical times until the present time, man has sought other avenues that will bring glory to him. This kind of thinking declares man to be the fulfiller of his own accomplishments on the earth. However, when there is a continuous flow of prayer being lifted up from the earth to God and stillness while you wait in quietness to receive God’s response to your prayer, God’s manifestations will begin to manifest in your life in a great magnitude. Man will always struggle when he does not communicate with God concerning the challenges he is facing. Man’s carnal mindset lacks the ability to fulfill spiritual matter. Therefore, for spiritual matter to be fulfilled, man must go to God in prayer, where the perfect will for man is revealed by God concerning the matter man is facing. Man’s purpose will only be fulfilled through man’s communication, which brings inspiration to man from the Spirit of God. Communication is also the exchange of information between two parties who arrive at a solution. Whether it is spoken or written behavior, the act of communication is vitally important to the success of the communicators. Through answered prayer, we get a greater understanding of God’s heart as it relates to His kingdom; this understanding draws us closer to Him.
Prayer should be a continuous effort flowing from the heart and the mouth of mankind. Jesus says, “Men ought to always pray and not to faint”. (Luke 18:1)