The promises of God buttress our faith because God has bound Himself to fulfill them. Those covenant promises invite and allure us to prayer.47 God would deny Himself and His covenant were He not to fulfill them.48 For Calvin, prayer cannot be accomplished without discipline. He writes, “Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.”49 He goes on to prescribe several rules to guide believers in offering effectual, fervent prayer.50 The first