Pray

"When it is hardest to pray that is when you need to pray the hardest."

I have read many a book by better men and women than myself on prayer.  They include books of prayers, books on how to approach God, books on why and how God will answer your prayers, books on different types of pray, why we should pray, when and where we should pray, even praying without ceasing.

There is little that can be said about prayer that equals actually praying.  I know Christians that have been believers longer than I have been alive who are very uncomfortable praying in public.  Public speaking phobias aside, there is no reason anybody who has actually spent regular time in prayer would refuse, sorry.  That would be like not being willing to say I love you to your mate in public.  If you have done it enough, it becomes second nature and doing in in front of others should cause you no concern.

I know very few Christians that would claim that they pray regularly or enough.  When crisis comes (I know this personally) and you find yourself needing badly to hear from God and recognize his voice and the "pump has not been primed" to open the flow of communication, you will kick yourself for not cultivating a daily conversation with God that moves your relationship deeper.

There simply is no substitute for a developed communication line.  Many a prayer life has begun in the desert of the soul, but why not start now?

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. Proverbs 15:29

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  Philippians 4:6