Subscriptions, ads, and writer's guidelines. Ironically, it is only humans who strive to prove otherwise. Unfortunately, religion has made prayer something other than what it is by formalizing it into a religious duty or penance.
Prayer is conversation.
If there's one thing my children do not appreciate, it's long blessings over meals. No, this is not an article about child rearing, nor is it the usual article about the nuts and bolts of prayer. Rather, it's a short article about short prayers. The Listening Side of Prayer God desires for us to be intimate with him. If we are going to go deeper in our walk with him, then we need to develop that intimacy.