We pray because we love God.
Just as a man and woman in love desire to be together and communicate, we want to be with God.
We pray because we depend on God.
God is our source. He is our life (Colossians 3:4).
Through prayer we receive the comfort, the strength and all the other resources that we need in life
Prayer - relationship to God - is as necessary to the spiritual life as air to the natural life
We need to pray in order to resist temptation.
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation." (Mt. 26:41).
Much sin is the result of the sin of prayerlessness.
Through lack of prayer, we are weak, others are weaker and Satan gains the advantage in our lives.
We need to pray because it is necessary for our salvation.
We must accept God’s salvation by communicating our desire to believe in Jesus.
We need to pray because God commands us to pray.
"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving." (Colossians 4:2).
"Then he [Jesus] spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not lose heart." (Luke 18:1).
"Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17).