"Probably the number one reason why prayer malfunctions in the hands of beleivers is that we try to turn a wartime walking-talkie into a domestic intercom.
Until you know that life is war you cannot know what prayer is for.
Prayer is for the accomplishment of a wartime mission...
But what have millions of Christians done?
We have stopped believing that we are in a war.
No urgency, no watching, no vigilance. No strategic planning.
Just easy peace and prosperity.
And what did we do with the walkie-talkie?
We tried to rig it up as an intercom in our houses and cabins and boats and cars - not to call in fire power for conflict with a mortal enemy, but to ask for more comforts in the den."
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad
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