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The Importance of Prayer

If I were to ask what is the single most important of the spiritual disciplines that a Christian could practice, the majority of people I know would probably say reading the Bible. This is not a bad answer. After all Scripture is the primary avenue through which we come to know who God is and what Christ has done for us. It is our first source of information about the history of God in this world and the best place to go to understand how God wants us to live our lives.  As good of an answer that Scripture reading is, I think it is the second most important of the spiritual disciplines. While it is obviously something indispensable, and I am in no way suggesting that we should all read our Bibles less or something, I do think there is one discipline that must come first. Prayer. Now praying has taken something of a hit in recent years. In the wake of tragedies the world over, the people of the internet generally sends their "thoughts and prayers" to the victims o