Prayer is at the heart of the Christian life. If not the greatest, it is certainly one of the greatest privileges given us as Christians. You may or may not have had a meal yet today. But before the day is past you will have eaten something – probably three meals, and maybe a snack between. Fasting is natural and necessary.

If you haven’t eaten today, the chances are you have had a cup of coffee or tea, or a glass of water or milk. Drinking is natural and necessary. Like eating and drinking, prayer is not something foreign to our human nature. Prayer is perhaps the deepest impulse of the human soul.

Samuel Johnson was once asked what was the strongest argument for prayer. He replied, “There is no argument for prayer.” He did not mean that prayer is irrational or that there are not conv…