Do We Need To Pray

1. Do We Need To Pray

2. Prayer is: • Prayer is what nourishes the soul. • Prayer is a pillar of faithfulness in marriage. • Prayer is the beginning of the road to salvation. • Prayer is what annihilated the power of fire and beasts. • Prayer is the guard which is neither shaken nor defeated. • Prayer is the reason for the birth of the Prophet Samuel. • Prayer is prayer is the easy defeat of Satan. • Prayer is what saved those of Nineveh and removed the wrath that was upon them.

3. Prayer is: • Prayer is the most important foundation of the soul. • Prayer builds meekness, kindness, godliness, and care for the less fortunate. • Prayer is constant thinking of the Lord. • Prayer surprises us with the love of God which he has shown us. • Prayer is the work of angels. • Prayer is a conversation with the Lord that surpasses the work of angels. • Prayer is what we use as a key to enter eternal life with the Lord. • Prayer gives health to the unhealthy.

4. Prayer is: • Prayer is a desire for everything that is wholesome. • Prayer is what makes us sublime. • Prayer is what facilitates the road to godliness • Prayer is the divine and spiritual adornment which spreads the extreme beauty and brightness in our inner man. • Prayer does not allow anything inappropriate to reign in the conscience. • Prayer allows us to flee from the traps of Satan.

5. Prayer is: • Prayer is a meeting with the Lord, which cleanses us from all sin. • Prayer is the cure and remedy for any and all diseases within one’s soul. • Prayer is what defends us from all dangers of the world. • Prayer is the true and divine weapon. • Prayer is the work of the mind and the heart together in harmony. • Prayer is the continuous consecration of the heart to the Lord. • Prayer is a protection and shield for the faith. • Prayer is liberty to the children of the Lord from the chains of weakness.

6. Prayer is: • Prayer is continuous feeling of the presence of the Lord. • Prayer is a refuge for the world. • Prayer is the fence that protects all the virtues. • Prayer is the beginning of all virtues. • Prayer is the beginning of the road to holiness. • Prayer is what shows you the effects of sin. • Prayer is what reveals to you the love of the Lord and his care for you.

7. Prayer is: • Prayer is sublime and surpasses human capacity. • Prayer is angelic life. • Prayer is the means of living near to God • Prayer is what gives you grace, discernment and balance in your daily life. • Prayer is a treasure that adorns the soul. • Prayer is what brings us to the depths of wisdom. • Prayer is possessing heaven on earth. • Prayer is what shows you the light of knowledge. • Prayer is the rescue for cities and individuals.

8. Prayer is: • Prayer is what makes the temple of God • Prayer is what gives a dwelling for the Lord inside one’s heart. • Prayer brings the working of miracles. • Prayer is the life of those who partake in the holy mysteries. • Prayer abolishes the terror of Satan. • Prayer gives us the opportunity to approach the Lord. • Prayer is the pillar of the church.

9. Prayer is: • Prayer is the route to all virtue. • Prayer is the cause of all blessings. • Prayer is the guide to salvation and eternal life. • Prayer makes you distinct from animals that do not have wisdom or the ability to discern choices for themselves. • Prayer is one’s invitation to join the choir of angels. • Prayer is what crowns the soul with the words and blessings of the Holy Spirit.

10. Prayer is: • Prayer is what flings open the gates of prison and destroys the chains of captivity. • Prayer a is power greater than the best weapons, the abundance or money, or the greatest armies. • Prayer is the fence of the church. • Prayer is an ambassador for the soul. • Prayer is what changes the barren nature of life such as the birth of the Prophet Samuel. • Prayer is enough to raise fear in the hearts of the wicked.

11. Prayer is: • Prayer reflects on spiritual conduct. • Prayer is what teaches one how to be adorned, walk, talk and laugh. • Prayer and worship are signs of absolute holiness. • Prayer is what protects pedestrians crossing the roads. • Prayer is what protects those who sleep and offers courage to those who stay awake. • Prayer is what gives a successful harvest to the farmer.

12. Prayer is: • Prayer is a port of safety to the sailor. • Prayer is what gives acquittal to the imprisoned. • Prayer is what defends you in a garment of justice. • Prayer is the crown for newly weds. • Prayer is joy and festival of birth. • Prayer is no less than the coffin in which we are shrouded at death. • Prayer is what nourishes our longings for spiritual fullness. • Prayer is what makes us equal to the angels.

13. Prayer is: • Prayer is what augments goodness, destroys evil and changes the ways of the sinner. • Prayer is having joy in the current state, and hope in things to come. • Prayer is what created a dwelling for Jonah in the belly of the beast of the sea. • Prayer is what brought Zacchaeus to life from death. • Prayer changed the flames to a moist breeze for the three young men. • Prayer is passing above the limits of nature.

14. Prayer is: • Prayer is what gives the saints power that only the holiest can attain. • Prayer gives the power to move mountains. • Prayer is the way to life. • Prayer is the telephone between the world and the heavens. • Prayer is light that fills the heart. • Prayer is being washed and cleansed.