If you grew up in the church, I am sure you were taught that prayer is important. Even if you don’t have much of a religious background, there is a good chance you have heard about the benefits of prayer. If you need something, ask God for it. If you need guidance, ask God for it. If you are worried, pray about it. If you need strength, pray for it. But maybe you struggle with prayer because you never seem to get the results you are looking for. You pray and never seem to get an answer. You are frustrated because you hear people talking all the time about the power of prayer -- as if God is eating cornflakes with them at the breakfast table every morning -- and when you pray, it feels like you are ringing the doorbell to an empty house! A colleague of mine tells of the time when he was he…