"Pray continually, and give thanks whatever happens.  That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus. "          I  Thessalonians 5:17

"Anyone who is having troubles should pray.  Anyone who is happy should sing praises.  Anyone who is sick should call the church's elders.  They should pray for and pour oil on the person in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer that is said with faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will heal that person.  And if the person has sinned, the sins will be forgiven.  Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you.  When a believing person prays, great things happen."     James 5:13-16

We as believers should pray so that we will engage ourselves in one of the primary activities that will keep our faith strong and vital.  Prayer is our communication between ourselves and God, and Christianity is basically a relationship between God and His created mankind.  We can improve our relationship with God by developing a good communication with Him through prayer.

When we pray, we must have a genuine and honest communication with God.  When this happens, God will hear and respond, and we will find that prayer is definitely a two-way conversation between ourselves and God.

The teachings of Jesus point us clearly to the importance of prayer.  He prayed often and about many things.  His prayer was important between Him and His Heavenly Father.  We must use His example to realize the significance of prayer in keeping us in touch with God, whose grace can sustain us through both good and bad times.  We must develop a true communion with the living God and not be only concerned with getting answers to our problems.

Our prayers may be of various forms, with probably the most important being that of adoration, which gives us the opportunity to praise God.  Another form involves us giving thanks to God for all of the blessings which He bestows into our lives.  We should all use confession as a form of prayer, where we pray to God for the forgiveness of our sins.

Another form of prayer which we must practice often is that of praying for others, and finally, God gives us the permission to pray for ourselves.

We must, through faith, establish communications with God by prayer, in order to tune our lives to God's will and direction.