You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and don't receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your desires for pleasure. - James 4:2-3
Someone once said that a church will never grow beyond its corporate prayer life. To this I might add that the church's corporate prayer life is a direct reflection of the personal prayer lives of its members.
The Bible provides some pretty clear instruction concerning the activity of prayer. For someone looking to grow in this area, I would recommend The Disciple's Prayer Life by Dr. T. W. Hunt. It is a great study that will challenge the serious Christ-follower to greater obedience in intercession and, let's face it, this is one place where we could all be a little more obedient.
Two principles, if applied, should help:
1. Always be sure to make your requests known to God (yes, He already knows our needs, but He wants us to ask), and ...
2. Always ask with pure motives.
Remember that nothing of eternal significance happens apart from God's intervention and the ultimate goal of all our requests must truly be His glory.
The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer. - F.B. Meyer
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