"The trouble is many of us live the bulk of life (everything between morning devotions and prayer before bed) apart from a practical awareness of and dependence on God. And this is paradoxically the root and fruit of prayerlessly going about our business. Most of us want to pray more: deeply, frequently, and effectively, but are at a loss as to how to pull it off, and we have learned along the way that simply trying harder does not grant success."Read the whole post