The Importance of Prayer

Dr. Moody Stewart, a great praying man of a past generation, once drew up a set of rules to guide him in his prayers. The habit of breaking off prayers before we have truly prayed is as common as it is unfortunate. Even the last 10 minutes may mean more to us than the first half hour because we must spend a long time getting into the proper mood to pray effectively. There are certain ways that you can approach prayer. And one is sort of the dutiful way where it's like, okay, we're going to get this out of the way. We cannot afford to stop praying till we have actually prayed.