I believe prayer is the greatest privilege of our lives. it´s not something we have to do; it´s something we get to do. Andrew Murray observed that ´...prayer is so simple that even the feeblest child can pray, yet it is at the same time the highest and holiest work which man can rise. It is fellowship with the Unseen and Most Holy One. The power of the eternal world have been placed at its disposal.´1prayer is the way we partner God to see His plans and purposes come to pass in our lives and in the lives of those we love. It is the means by which we human beings on earth can actually enter into the awesome presence of God. It allows us to share our hearts with Him, to listen for His voice, and to know how to discover and enjoy all the great things He has for us. Communicating with God is indeed the greatest privilege I can imagine, but this high and holy work is also the simplest privilege i know.
I do not think prayer ever was meant to be complicated and that, from the very beginning,God intended it to be an easy, natural way of life by which we stay connected with Him all day, every day.
Madame Jeanne Guyon, who was imprisoned for her Christian faith in france during the 1700s, Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ that ´God demands nothing extraordinary. on the contrary, He is very pleased by simple, childlike conduct. I would even put it this way: The highest spiritual attainments are really the ones that are the most easily to be reached. The things that are most important are the things that are the least difficult!´2God really wants prayer to be simple, but the devil has twisted our thinking about prayer because he not only knows how powerful it is, he also knows how easy it should be for us. Just ask yourself, why would God create us for communication and fellowship with Him and then complicate it? God has not complicated anything, He has made a simple and enjoyable way for us to pray and enjoy spending time with Him. Satan tells us that prayers always has to take a long time and that we must assume a certain posture or pray a certain way. He surrounds prayer with rules and regulations and steals the creativity and freedom that God desires us to enjoy as we pray. He tries to keep us from having faith and convince us that we really are not worthy enough to be talking to God anyway. He tries to make prayer legalistic and obligatory and to condemn us by telling us that we do not pray enough or that we are not praying effectively. He tries to distract us, steal our time, tell us that our prayers do not make a difference, and cause us to doubt that God hears short, simple prayers.
I have observed people often pray and then feel they did not do it right, did not accomplish anything, did not pray long enough, or did not really get trough to God.
In general, many people seem to be dissatisfied with their prayer lives; they try to pray and then feel guilty and condemned - which is exactly what the enemy wants. Believing prayer is the type of prayer that God answers. Therefor, we can easily understand why Satan tries to fill us with doubt and unbelief concerning the power, effectiveness, and value of our prayers.
When I say that prayer can be short and still be effective, I do not mean to imply that extended season of prayer are not also necessary and valuable. They certainly are. In fact, in addition to daily prayer, I recommend setting aside entire days or even several days in succession a few times a year dedicated specifically to seeking God in prayer ,fasting, and studying His Word. Even though prayer is simple and should never be viewed as complicated, there are also times when prayer is work. Sometimes we must labour in prayer until a specific matter that God bass placed on our hearts is lifted. But, at the same time, we should not allow satan to make us believe that prayer must be hard and complicated.
Satan is working overtime trying to rob us of the honor of communicating with God.
