Prayer is allowing God, watching God, love you and me. No one ever loved enough, just as no one is ever humble enough. He who thinks he loves enough perishes. Our growth in love will be in perfect proportion to our humility. And we can grow in love right up until the moment we go into eternal life.
Love is the only thing that perdures into the next world.
The Christian has a command to love. It is not a suggestion or a mild persuasion or recommendation. There is no other way to be godly or god-like. Love is our vocation. On this only will we be judged.