"The Christian must throw himself - with all the abandon of a perfect, self-emptying faith and a self-consuming zeal - into his work for the salvation of men. Hearty, heroic, compassionate and fearless prayer."
| E.M. Bounds |

God needs us to pray out His will. For things like revival, revelation of the Word and for power to be poured out in the church. A church without prayer will not have any glimpse of divine power. Heights reached without prayer will never rise to the glorious heights that god has planned for us.

John Wesley said:
"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. God does nothing but in answer to prayer."

There seems to be so much potential and power just waiting to be unlocked through prayer. Its like a treasure chest just waiting to be opened. Maybe if I were to start praying like God instructed. A daily thing that would require discipline and order in my life. After all, if anything required my full attention and focus, this would be it. If there was anytime to get serious with God, this would be it.

In Paul's letters to the churches, he keeps saying that he does not stop praying for them. That he prays for them at all times. Thats where the power lies. So few people linger it and thats precisely why so few people experience it. Because we do not dare to take the chance. The sickening mentality that we'll lose out is the very idea that the devil wants us to have. If we look at the apostles, we can see how they laid themselves out in prayer for God's people! How they put God in full force into their churches by their praying. It was the fervor and insistence of their prayer which complemented their passion and made their ministry effective and miraculous.

To keep the physical body healthy, we must feed the body good, healthy food and restrict the intake of things that are harmful to the body. The same rules apply in having a healthy mind and a healthy spirit. We need a steady intake of God's word through prayer & meditation on scripture. This gives the Christian power & authority to take control of his life. In following the example of the apostles, I have decide to implement several rules to discipline myself in prayer. This would be a way of training myself for bible school. Two and a half hours of spending time with God with at least one hour spent in the early hours. This will be the beginning of 'The Prayer Project'.