Expect more from you prayers. The power of your prayer depends upon the amount of faith that you yourself have in it. To pray in the spirit that “even if this prayer does not do any good at least it cannot do any harm,” is not, really, to pray at all.
Have enough faith in the love of God to believe that a short heartfelt prayer is just as good as a long one. Too long a session of prayer usually means the in your heart you really doubt the love of God, and think that a great deal of effort and toil will be necessary to move Him. Pray quietly and sincerely for a reasonable time – and then leave the matter, expecting success.
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou has done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1).
The intensity of feeling is more important to a prayer than its length. When we feel our prayer and focus on communion with God, we are truly praying. If our faith is strong, the length of the prayer is irrelevant. When we believe God is going to answer our prayer, we do not need to burden God with a lengthy prayer. Not that anything is wrong with a long visit with God. In fact, the more we visit with God, the better.
In belief,
Stan
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