the full power and promises of God’s presence, you will have to get close and go deep in your relationship with Him. Prayer has been studied, written about, talked about, and preached on by countless people in countless ways. Yet it remains an elusive element to most of us. In over four decades of ministry, I have encountered only a few who truly seem to grasp and understand prayer. For far too many people, even those who follow Jesus Christ, prayer is like the National Anthem before a