A Powerful Prayer Life

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. (1 Peter 4:7 NKJV) It is so easy to slide into complacency or inattentiveness in our prayer lives. Excuses offer themselves up almost without being called upon.  We think we are too busy, or we don't think we know how to pray.  The worst deception is the 'theological' deception which attempts to excuse our laziness in prayer by a feigned belief in God's perfect knowledge and plan. This self deception often rears its head with the rather pious sounding platitude: "Why should I pray when God knows what I am going to say before I even start?"  Prayer is about our relationship with God through the completed work of Jesus Christ.  Just as we love to talk to our loved ones, even when they already know what we are going to say, so we long to speak regularly with the Lord. But there is yet more reason.  With the end of this age being closer than it ever was before, our serious and watchful prayer is more important than ever.