The purpose of prayer “… one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray …’ ” (Luke 11:1). Prayer is not a normal part of the life of the natural man. We hear it said that a person’s life will suffer if he doesn’t pray, but I question that. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God in him, which is nourished not by food, but by prayer. When a person is born again from the above, t..