Prayer is powerful. It is the way we communicate to and with God that has been prescribed to us in Holy Scripture. Consider that: Jesus Himself prayed! Jesus prayed constantly. Prayer is how we bring our requests to God.
Again, it is quite simple. In truth there is not much to it. Pretty much all you need is a heart of faith, honesty, reverence, quiet, and time. However, there is one more element that I submit is a necessity of prayer: speaking out loud.
For some who think that those 'silent' prayers are just as effective and powerful as the spoken ones, this may seem like an altogether controversial or provocative thought but, again, I submit that prayer is as much a vocal activity as it is a spiritual one.
After some analysis, there seem to be no instances of 'silent' prayer in the Scriptures. It seems that prayer is always, it turns out, a spoken-spiritual activity. Space may not permit for an exhaustive look at why this is so, suffice to say that God intends us to speak our prayers to Him.
Let us not forget this. Prayer is an essential part of the Christian life. Because of this that it is so important that we learn how to do it. Remembering what it is goes a long way to understanding how we should it. Jesus' words of instruction are also quite useful: Matthew 6:9-13.
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