Stay alert; It's a war...

Probably the number one reason why prayer malfunctions in the hands of

believers is that we try to turn a wartime walkie-talkie into a domestic

intercom. Until you know that life is war you cannot know what prayer is

for. Prayer is for the accomplishment of a wartime mission...But what

have millions of Christians done? We have stopped believing that we are

in a war. No urgency, no watching, no vigilance. No strategic planning.

Just easy peace and prosperity. And what did we do with the walkie

talkie? We tried to rig it up as an intercom in our houses and cabins

and boats and car - not to call in fire power for conflict with a moral

enemy, but to ask for more comforts in the den. ~John Piper - Let the Nations be Glad