The church must be anxious about nothing. In everything prayer must be made. Nothing is too small about which to pray. Nothing is too great for God to overcome. The Christian business by way of preeminence is prayer. The church must give itself to unceasing prayer. Never is prayer to cease in the church. This is the will of God concerning his church on earth.   

He who would teach the people to pray must first himself be given to prayer. He who urges prayer on others must first tread the path of prayer himself. And just in proportion as preachers pray, will they be disposed to urge prayer upon those to whom they preach. Moreover, just in proportion as preachers pray, will they be fitted to preach on prayer. So exacting and imperative in its import and power is prayer that it stands first among spiritual values. First in point of time in all excellence of all duties is prayer. Prayer must be first in all occupations. Prayer is the most important of all things on earth. 

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. David said if I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me! 

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. He knows the plans he has for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, and plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon him and come and pray to him, and he will listen to you. You will seek him and find him when you seek him with all your heart. He said when you call to him he will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. 

Again: remember if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, and whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. This is God’s promise to you. 

This article was written by Carl Mathis - Taken from the book  entitled, “PRAYER - DOES IT REALLY WORK” www.carlmathis.com