Many attimes, I see many Christian heads hammer so much on the need to pray pray pray and pray! They preach on how long a Christian should pray and so and so forth.

Christians jump From one prayer house to another, One prayer vigil to the next, all in search of answers to a certain need or desire. All these are nothing short of spiritual gymnastics. Many will bear no result.

Many of us play to the gallery, desperately wanting to be seen or noted as a serious Christian by others. All of these is vanity.

It is true that a good prayer life is important to us as christians, but what is even more important is for us to have a real relationship with God.

Let us liken our relationship with God to that of an earthly father and his son.
It is the son who obeys the father, pleases the father and honours and loves him, that the father will feel compulsorily compelled to be there for him whenever he calls.
If you are a disobedient and rude child, that only approaches the father whenever u need something from him, you can be rest assured that your request would be declined most times.

This very same analogy applies to our relationship with God. Most christians want to live their own lives, enjoy their sinful lifestyle, but still expect God to answer their every prayer just because they went for 7night vigils within a month and prayed all night long.

God cannot be mocked!

Even those who serve other gods know how to obey their gods and do things that please him before requesting a thing from him. They know that failure to do the wish of their gods will bring dire consequences. Thus, they are diligent.

But, we christians feel we can deceive God with our few hours of crocodile tears and wailings in prayer.

It is written; "The prayer of a sinner is an abomination unto God."

Yes, God is merciful and kind, but stop taking his Mercy for granted. Work on your relationship with him and you will have peace in prayer.

Having a good relationship with God encompass loving, honouring and obeying God's will. It involves studying his word and PRACTICING it.
I have put a huge emphasis on "practicing", because It is not just about reading the word of God or knowing the will of God, if you will not do as he commands.

I pray that as we all take a step to do the right thing, God will help and strengthen us through his holy spirit in Jesus name .

God bless you.