Effective praying isn't about the length of our prayers but about our hearts...

Continuing from my earlier post on June 7th....Another thing I notice about Paul's prayer here is how brief it is. Effective praying isn't about the length of our prayers or the specific language we use. It's about the heart of the one praying and the concept of God one has when approaching God. Notice Paul's God is far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named. God reigns above all. That's the God Paul is praying to and He's the same One we can pray to as well. Hopefully the way Paul prayed and how he prayed and what he prayed for may change our view of prayer. Maybe we will pray for ourselves a little differently and even others a little differently. Someone once asked me what is the best way to learn to pray and my response was to read and study the prayers of the Bible and just start praying.