Prayer has been an important part of life from the beginning of the world.   	We pray for strength.  We pray to confess our sins and ask forgiveness.  We pray for guidance and help.  We pray for our families and friends and our neighbors.  We pray for protection from our enemies.   We pray to express love and to give thanks.  We pray to ask God for strength.   With God on our side,  the future is bright.  	The Prayer is the Key coin is carried as a physical reminder not only to pray, but that you are also being prayed for by someone who cares about you.  It encourages faith , courage, and trust in God.  It also symbolizes our strength and willingness to go forward with God in our hearts notwithstanding the battle that is being waged.        This high relief coin design incorporates two soldiers (male and female) on side one clothed in  armor and kneeling humbly in prayer surrounded by the text 'Prayer is the key to Heaven', 'Pray Always', and the declaration 'Faith to kneel builds courage to stand'.   Side two shows the two soldiers proceeding on their way with the conviction to 'Pray Always, Work Hard, and Trust God'.  The surrounding text is from Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you".   Other symbolic design elements are also used to encourage thoughtful pondering.