A fantastic little book on prayer, that I bought for the church in Seaford in May '14.
A few quotes from the book that really stood out to me as I read it:
Chapter 1:
Prayerlessness always goes hand in hand with a lack of Christian integrity. this is even more so for Christian leaders - to put it bluntly, if they are not enjoying communion with God, then they are selling a product they don't really believe in.
Chapter 2:
Prayerlessness is practical atheism, demonstrating a lack of belief in God.
Chapter 7:
If you want to judge how well a person understand Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means he does not understand Christianity very well at all.
...that is prayer: relating to the Father as our Father.
Chapter 9:
If God was a single, independent person, independence would be the godly thing. That would be how to be like him. But as the Son always depends on the Father, that is the nature of Christian godliness. Being a Christian is first and foremost all about receiving, asking and depending. It's when you don't feel needy (and so when you don't pray much) that you lose your grip on reality and think or act in an unchristian manner.
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