The right motivation for prayer is that we want to have a real and genuine communication and interaction with the Lord Himself.

Its not enough to pray simply because we need some anointing for a ministry engagement.

Our first call is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

This means we will seek God earnestly whether we are called somewhere to preach or not.

It is getting hard to overestimate the importance of our personal relationship with God in these last days. I believe that a solid knowledge of Scripture and apologetics alone cannot protect us from the fiery darts of the wicked one.

Jesus said, “Watch and pray lest you fall into temptation.” Since we are commanded to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) to “abide in Jesus” (John 15:4) we cannot expect adequate protection from Satan and evil if we do not “draw near to God” so that “He will draw near to us”.

It doesn’t matter how much potential seems to be  in a situation.