You already know how to pray. Yet prayer has become little more than a mechanical routine—a function. You’re dissatisfied with the kind of fellowship you’re having with God and intimacy remains elusive.

What can keep your prayers from becoming mere formalities? Where is the heartfelt intensity and passion of prayer?

John MacArthur’s 4-part series entitled Elements of True Prayer is a magnificent portrait of true prayer from Daniel chapter 9. Daniel set excellent spiritual standards for prayer, and his example is worthy of our study.

Apply the eight elements of true prayer from this study for a more meaningful relationship with the living God.