To those who believe that the words of Scripture were under the care of the inspiring Spirit, this method will commend itself. In the words, which God uses when speaking about prayer, we can most certainly discover God's thoughts about prayer. When the words used in connection with prayer are brought together and examined, the result is most striking. Together they present us with a view of the nature of prayer, which is tolerably complete. Most of them are taken from the Old Testament, as we would expect, but we must remember that the ideas underlying them were taken up and carried over into the new.
True prayer is an act of worship.
It is the offering of incense to God. He that cometh unto God must believe that He is. He who prays must worship. Faith in the Divine Being, recognition of the Divine glory, is absolutely necessary to true prayer. Adoration is the first element in prayer.