It's been far too long since Charles Price got some air time on this blog, so in order to rectify that, here is his diagnosis of Christians and their prayer lives:
Quite right, although one might wonder if there is in fact any discrepancy between what we believe about prayer and what we do about it. Perhaps it's simply a case of lack of belief/knowledge leading to lack of action. Whatever the case, Price is right when he goes on to say that we need to learn not only how to pray, but simply to pray. If there is any Christian you view as being mature and godly, then you can be sure that they have learned and experienced the value of regular prayer.
...if there’s a big discrepancy in many Christian lives...it’s between what we believe about prayer and what we do about prayer.
One of the evidences of that is in most churches wherever you go across the world, the least attended meeting of the church calendar is the prayer meeting.
Quite right, although one might wonder if there is in fact any discrepancy between what we believe about prayer and what we do about it. Perhaps it's simply a case of lack of belief/knowledge leading to lack of action. Whatever the case, Price is right when he goes on to say that we need to learn not only how to pray, but simply to pray. If there is any Christian you view as being mature and godly, then you can be sure that they have learned and experienced the value of regular prayer.
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