A number of years ago now I began to pray in earnest, "Lord teach me to pray!" Though many complimented me on my personal disciplines and my prayer life I was acutely aware that I was falling far short of what God expected for me. My prayer life was sporatic and not very exciting. I was busy in the fields of the Lord but my romance with my Creator was dying. "I was lukewarm" -- at least in prayer.

I began to search the Scriptures for teachings on prayer and in so doing I discovered some important and neglected elements of prayer in my life. For many years prayer to me had been "asking." Prayer was not a refreshing interlude with God -- It was work! As I examined my prayer life I found that I was predominently a beggar before the throne of God. I kept slipping into asking, begging, and pleading with God and most often for my own needs. How could I prevail in prayer for others when I was so needy? Then God taught me that there was a way to deal with my needs and put them away so that I could pray for others.

As I walked through the Scriptures on prayer I discovered "undiscovered territories". There were things God teaches us about prayer that I never experienced, practiced, or saw evidenced in other believer's lives. I began to compile the truths about "how to pray" and came up with 12 steps of intercessory prayer. It was time to embark on a new journey into the adventure of prayer.

These lessons are the result of years of study and practice. My hope is that they will be to you what they have become to me - precious treasures of God.