Here are my 5 reasons that we as Christians must get back to an serious prayer life:
1.) We are told to in the Word of God!
1 Thessalonians 5:17 tells us to “Pray without ceasing.” If God lead Paul, which He did, to tell us as Christians we should pray without ceasing then, to not pray would be a sin. So as Christians we MUST pray!
2.) We must pray in order to do battle against the enemy!
Ephesians 6:12 says “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” We battle against Satan and his kingdom, not against flesh and blood. And the only way to battle Satan is spiritually, which is through prayer. We must be in prayer so that way when we go and take back what the enemy has stolen we can be combat ready. Feeding the hungry, giving to the poor, sheltering the homeless, youth programs, conferences, and events are all good things but they won’t phase Satan, only through prayer will we be victorious in accomplishing God’s will.
3.) Without prayer we have no power.
1 Chronicles 16:11 says “Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.” It is through God that we receive power and the only way that we receive the power to do His will is through prayer. A Christian without prayer is like a power tool without power. A power saw without power is worthless to the one who uses it. In the same way how can we expect God to use us when we have talked to Him all week? He won’t continually use someone He doesn’t have a personal relationship with.
4.) We must be in prayer to know His will for our lives.
Jerimiah 29:11 tells us “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” If God has plans for us and we never talk with Him and ask for those plans to be revealed, how can we expect to accomplish His will? We can’t we must seek His face and spend time with Him in order to find out His plans and allow Him to direct and guide us.
5.) It is through prayer that we must stand in the gap for the lost, for our cities, for our nation, for our families and for our ministry.
Ezekiel 22:30 says “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.” Through prayer we are able to stand in the gap for the lost or our cities and plead on their behalf that they might be saved and that there might be revival. The Bible says that Jesus stand in the gap for us that all shall be saved and forgiven of their sins if the will call upon His name. We must do the same for those around us and the places we live. We must pray that God would move on their behalf. If you don’t then who will. Reinhard Bonnke once said “That evangelism and prayer are the legs of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” We must be in prayer to see the lost saved. To see our cities and nations changed.
Source : Christian Post