2. There is an even better reason to pray than the fact that only prayer can save the world. We must pray because God commands it We pray, not simply as some solitary self-improvement program, but because we have been addressed by God. Prayer is a response to a prior divine invitation. No, “invitation” is too weak. God commands us to pray, in fact to “constantly” (1 Thess 5:17). He yearns and longs for us to pray more passionately than any earthly lover yearns for his beloved to turn her eyes and
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